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After asking where the bitterness was in the Penguins-Hurricanes series, it took us all of one game to potentially find some. Late in the third period of Pittsburgh's 3-2 win on Monday night, Penguins forward Matt Cooke and Hurricanes forward Erik Cole were involved in a knee-on-knee collision that resulted in Cole leaving the game and not returning. The Hurricanes, as one would expect, weren't all that happy with the play. On Wednesday, the NHL announced there will be no punishment for Cooke in the form of a suspension, while Dave Molinari of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette reports there is no word yet on whether or not he will be issued a fine.
Frankly, the only option for the NHL here was to not suspend Cooke. Suspending Cooke, a third-line role player with a sketchy reputation around the league, would have illustrated quite the double-standard after Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin -- one of the best players in the league -- received no additional punishment following his knee-on-knee collision with Penguins defenseman Sergei Gonchar in the second round. After the Ovechkin-Gonchar incident Cooke was actually quoted as saying, "If I did what he did, I wouldn't be on the ice."
Ovechkin was issued a two-minute minor for tripping, while Cooke received no penalty.
Cole's status for Game 2 is not yet known, while Tuomo Ruutu is also questionable after suffering a leg injury in the same game.
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