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# Update: Mikhail Sergachev suspended two games for hit on Mitch Marner
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/mikhail-sergachev-to-have-hearing-for-hit-on-mitch-marner/
- Published: 2021-11-05T13:22:22.000Z
- Updated: 2021-11-05T13:22:22.000Z
- Description: Marner was hit after Hedman had already done enough to take a penalty.
- Author: Cathy Squires
- Tags: #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 10:50

UPDATE: The sentence is in; Sergachev will be suspended two games.

> Tampa Bay’s Mikhail Sergachev has been suspended for two games for an Illegal Check to the Head on Toronto’s Mitchell Marner. [https://t.co/iwkm4hVfQW](https://t.co/iwkm4hVfQW?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) [November 5, 2021](https://twitter.com/NHLPlayerSafety/status/1456688237028728833?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

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> Tampa Bay’s Mikhail Sergachev will have a hearing today for an Illegal Check to the Head on Toronto’s Mitchell Marner.
> 
> — NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) [November 5, 2021](https://twitter.com/NHLPlayerSafety/status/1456609494763458560?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

In Thursday’s game against the Lightning, Mitch Marner got a breakaway, was illegally impeded by Victor Hedman, who was going to get a penalty, or maybe even provoke a call for a penalty shot, when Mikhail Sergachev came in with the finishing blow:

> Sergachev catches Marner in the head   
>  
> Bad hit [pic.twitter.com/lfcTUBVHts](https://t.co/lfcTUBVHts?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [November 4, 2021](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1456406818310209536?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Sergachev was assessed two minutes for an illegal hit to the head. At the time, Jon Cooper complained that Marner stayed on the ice for the power play after a head hit, which is frankly a valid question.

> Marner on the Sergachev hit: "It's obviously something you don't want happening in games; Hopefully it gets out of the game but it's a fast-paced game out there. Stuff happens quickly."
> 
> — David Alter (@dalter) [November 5, 2021](https://twitter.com/dalter/status/1456458444454703113?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

> Tavares on the Sergachev hit on Marner: "I didn't like it at all. I thought Mitchy was pretty exposed and no way to really protect himself. I just didn't like it at all, he hit him right in the head."
> 
> — David Alter (@dalter) [November 5, 2021](https://twitter.com/dalter/status/1456462154190700544?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

We’ll likely hear back on this quickly, as Player Safety has been doing phone hearings the same day.