No Prohibition for Bruins‘ Milan Lucic
BOSTON -- The Boston Bruins had forward Milan Lucic within the lineup for Game seven against the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday night at TD Garden.
There was some believed he could be suspended through the league, but Bruins coach Claude Julien said Wednesday afternoon that there are "no issues" involving Lucic because he obtained a five-minute main penalty for boarding and was given a game misconduct for his hit on Canadiens defenseman Jaroslav Spacek at four:37 with the 2nd period in Game six on Tuesday night at Bell Centre.
Searching for more through the ice? Joe McDonald, James Murphy and ESPNBoston.com have you coated. "Yeah, Looch is in the lineup," Julien said.
Spacek had manage with the puck in front of the penalty box region when he rapidly acquired rid of it just as Lucic applied the hit that knocked Spacek towards the ice. He remained around the ice to get a couple of minutes and needed to become attended to by a team trainer. He was able to skate off on his own, but was bleeding from the head.
After exiting the ice, Spacek returned to the game. Montreal went on to win 2-1 to force the deciding game.
Asked to evaluate the mood of the group headed into Game 7, Julien admitted "to be sincere with you, I have not seen these men however."
Following Tuesday's reduction, the Bruins came house and didn't skate Wednesday morning. Julien did say that "[Tuesday] following the game, they seemed good. The guys seemed ready for Game seven."
Asked what he will say to the group prior to the game, Julien once again played it close to the vest.
"You'll most likely discover following the sport, what I've done," Julien stated. "I'm not going to stand up right here and give away my strategy to the game before it starts."