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"In the history of the game, hitting is used to dislodge a player from the puck, not the intent to injure when you don't have the puck because you aren't aware. To me, that wasn't a hockey play," Blackhawks forward Andrew Brunette said. "When you don't have the puck, there shouldn't be that kind of contact."
The Coyotes were unhappy when Chicago rookie Andrew Shaw collided with goalie Mike Smith behind the net in Game 2 and knocked him to the ice. Smith was able to stay in the game and Shaw got a game misconduct. On Tuesday, he was suspended for three games.
Torres was not penalized for his hit on Hossa right in front of the benches. Quenneville said after the game that the refereeing was "a disgrace."
Quenneville said the Blackhawks were still angry Wednesday and hoped to channel that into a better performance Thursday. They've taken the first lead in all three games and were up 1-0 midway through the final period Tuesday night before a 65-second span of 4-on-4 led to three goals -- two by Phoenix.
Coyotes veteran Ray Whitney said he understood how the Blackhawks felt.
"We would probably be equally upset if our guy was knocked out of the game like that. That's unfortunate that he got injured. We certainly don't want to see that," Whitney said. "I can understand their frustration, as they can probably understand ours when our most valuable player (Smith) gets hit in the jaw. ...You don't want to see anybody in our league get injured. I can understand the frustration, and I can understand the league's going to handle it the way they have to handle it."
According to the league, the hearing was planned for Wednesday but moved to Friday at the request of Torres and the players' union.
"It's out of our hands," Tippett said. "Now it's in their hands. We'll deal with it as further stuff comes down from them."
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