Ugly incident between Shaw and Pateryn mars Canadiens 4-2 win over Stars
MONTREAL — A high-intensity hockey game between the Dallas Stars and Montreal Canadiens took a turn for the worse in the third period when Andrew Shaw left the game with an injury.
Montreal defeated Dallas 4-2 on Tuesday but the game went sour when Shaw hobbled off the ice after a helmet-to-helmet collision with former teammate Greg Pateryn.
Shaw knocked Pateryn down with a big hit along the boards with 11 minutes left to play but the Canadiens winger got the worst of it when their heads collided. With Shaw lying on the ice, Pateryn punched him twice in the head.
“Kind of makes you feel sick when you see that,” said Montreal defenceman Karl Alzner. “It’s like in UFC when the guy keeps going after a knockout. It’s unacceptable. You get fired up in the moment and you do things you don’t necessarily think through. It’s not something you ever want to see.”