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\nNHL’s Department of Player Safety makes announcement following Bryan Rust’s reckless hit on Brock Bo
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Photo credit: Sergei Belski – Imagn Images.<\/p>\n

The National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety has made an announcement on social media following Bryan Rust’s hit on Brock Boeser last night.<\/p>\n

On Sunday night, the Vancouver Canucks welcomed the Pittsburgh Penguins to town for their only trip to the Lower Mainland during the 2025-26 season and while Adam Foote’s group wasn’t able to get the job done, there were more important things to deal with as the buzzer sounded.<\/p>\n

“Bryan Rust get the elbow up on Brock Boeser late in the third.” Canucks Army shared on X.<\/p>\n

NHL Department of Player Safety makes announcement after Bryan Rust’s hit<\/p>\n

Understandably, Bryan Rust’s hit drew the ire of the Vancouver Canucks, including Head Coach Adam Foote, who spoke about it with reporters post-game and called it “vicious” and that he expects the league to take a long look at it.<\/p>\n

“It was a headshot. It was shoulder and his head. I’m sure the league will look at it because it was, even though he may have been desperate to get Boes down because it was a scrum at the net, I still think it was something that you got to be in control of your body. I thought it was a little bit of a vicious, vicious hit to the head.” Foote said.”<\/p>\n

Well, it looks like Adam Foote was right because on Monday morning, the National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety announced that Bryan Rust will have a hearing for his hit on Brock Boeser, with the date and time of said hearing still to be determined.<\/p>\n

“Pittsburgh’s Bryan Rust will have a hearing for an illegal check to the head against Vancouver’s Brock Boeser. Date and time TBD.” the NHL’s Department of Player Safety said on X.<\/p>\n

While Bryan Rust has never been suspended or fined in his 11+ year career in the National Hockey League, it’ll be very hard to see him escaping any supplemental discipline for his hit on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile for Brock Boeser, his status for tomorrow night’s game against the San Jose Sharks remains unclear as of Monday morning. The 28-year-old has been on the receiving end of a hit like this before dating back to November 2024 when he missed seven games after being struck in the head by Tanner Jeannot, who received a three-game suspension.<\/p>\n

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NHL’s Department of Player Safety makes announcement following Bryan Rust’s reckless hit on Brock Boeser<\/p>\n

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