{"id":119954,"date":"2021-10-15T10:50:02","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T14:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=119954"},"modified":"2021-10-15T10:50:02","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T14:50:02","slug":"dylan-larkin-department-of-player-safety-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/10\/15\/dylan-larkin-department-of-player-safety-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Dylan Larkin Faces Department of Player Safety Hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/redwings\/\" target=\"_self\">Detroit Red Wings<\/a> captain Dylan Larkin received a Department of Player Safety hearing for a hit against <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/lightning\/\" target=\"_self\">Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/josepma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mathieu Joseph<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Detroit\u2019s Dylan Larkin will have a hearing today for Roughing Tampa Bay\u2019s Mathieu Joseph.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLPlayerSafety\/status\/1449008799189291009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Dylan Larkin Receives Department of Player Safety Hearing<\/h2>\n<p>Larkin&#8217;s retaliatory hit came after Joseph accelerated into Larkin&#8217;s back knocking him into the boards with all his might. Larkin spent the latter half of the 2020-21 season recovering <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nhl_review\/status\/1385637941737922566?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">from a neck injury caused<\/a> by Dallas Stars forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bennja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jamie Benn<\/a>. This type of hit &#8211; and the NHL&#8217;s failure to issue any sort of penalty to Benn in the past &#8211; sent Larkin into a fury. Responding immediately, Larkin took a swing at Joseph, connecting with the forward&#8217;s shoulder. This move resulted in a quick brawl, giving Larkin a game misconduct and Joseph two minor penalties.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">These two separate hits from behind on Larkin &amp; Rasmussen received a COMBINED total of 2 (TWO) penalty minutes, for cross-checking.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t be surprised when Red Wings fans say Larkin&#8217;s punch was worth it, suspension looming and all. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LGRW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LGRW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cedJ6TEd0X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/cedJ6TEd0X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan Hana (@RyanHanaWWP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanHanaWWP\/status\/1449014809412964369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Much to the chagrin of Red Wings fans, as of right now, Joseph has not received any DoPS calls. It remains to be seen the extent of Larkin&#8217;s punishment, but it appears it&#8217;ll be a fine or short-game suspension.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means for the Team<\/h3>\n<p>The Red Wings suffered a heartbreaking 6-7 OT loss last game. Still, this hit &#8211; and the resulting chaos surrounding it &#8211; has set the tone for the rest of the season. The Red Wings will use this as a rallying point throughout the season to fight to the end against even the toughest of teams.<\/p>\n<p>The NHL has openly said they&#8217;ll crack down on cross-checking this season. Ideally, this game will be seen as a learning experience for the officiating staff. Multiple calls &#8211; including<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XksTWloe9s8&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> a very questionable Ondrej Palat hit<\/a> &#8211; were either underplayed or swept under the rug.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main Photo:\u00a0<\/strong><a id=\"xpZ0iyKLSZxaN3C4Zj3Ydw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1346638938\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'xpZ0iyKLSZxaN3C4Zj3Ydw',sig:'Nm-n81u-7QnQasFQkklzEOCuJMdzG1GvVstwtvPy7-A=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1346638938',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin received a Department of Player Safety hearing for a hit against Tampa Bay Lightning forward Mathieu Joseph. &nbsp; Detroit\u2019s Dylan Larkin will have a hearing today for Roughing Tampa Bay\u2019s Mathieu Joseph. \u2014 NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) October 15, 2021 Dylan Larkin Receives Department of Player Safety Hearing Larkin&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3676,"featured_media":119955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,4547,4548,9],"tags":[2480,2293],"class_list":["post-119954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-redwings","category-hockey","category-nhl","category-lightning","tag-department-of-player-safety","tag-mathieu-joseph"],"modified_by":"Jake Rivard","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3676"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}