Adam McQuaid Fined for Kneeing Nick Foligno
 

NEW YORK – Boston Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid has been fined $2,500, the maximum allowed under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, for kneeing Ottawa Senators forward Nick Foligno in NHL Game No. 448 in Ottawa on Wednesday, Dec. 14, the National Hockey League's Department of Player Safety announced today.

The incident occurred at 17:45 of the first period. McQuaid was assessed a major penalty for kneeing and a game misconduct.

The fine money goes to the Players' Emergency Assistance Fund.

Bruins' McQuaid fined $2,500 for kneeing
 

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WTF is this?

The Knee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvwf_IbuVJA

And the trend continues...

When does it stop? This is a joke. I'm not trying to bash McQuaid, but that knee was brutal. Two games would have still been satisfying.

Good, that wasn't even a knee - Foligno clearly took a flop in order to draw that call...



Seriously though, he should have got 2-3 games for it, i didn't like it... stupid move.

I had a feeling he would just get a fine for this. It was a bad play but McQuiad had a few things going for him: 1-He's not a repeat offender 2-Foligno was not injured and came back on the next shift, and 3-He's a Bruin.

was this not pretty much the exact same play that Porter got 4 games for??? how is that fair

Let the crying begin... :bored:

Im mildly surprised he didnt get at least two. But as a homer,im glad he got off with a fine. Stupid move,he usually plays a straight up honest game. I dont think we will see a repeat occurance.

Once again the Bruins escape a suspension,1st its Lucic and now its Mcquaid when is the bullsh*t gonna end, Tootoo got suspended for running into Miller and Porter for kneeing Booth, but both Bruin players get off thr hook with fines, funny how the NHL works these days

I think the difference is that Booth is out 4-6 weeks and Foligno came right back on the next shift.

Apparently Nick and Adam are buddies and were former teammates in junior.

A very stupid play from a normally honest player.

I'm shocked he didn't get at least 2 games for this blatant, ugly knee to knee.

Then again, Ryan Whitney didn't even get a fine for this one, so maybe the league forgot there are parts of the body below the shoulders.

Ryan Whitney 'knee on knee' hit on Clutterbuck ...

The league should make videos regarding what type of plays get fines and which ones get suspensions. That was a pretty blatant knee (and I'm a big Adam McQuaid fan).

More goes into it than just what type of play gets a suspension/fine. Intent, injury, and player history are the 3 major factors in determining the punishment.

Im surprised he didnt get 2 games, but player history probably played into the decision.

How the hell did they come up with a decision in less than 24 hours and several others have taken a week?