Thursday, March 24, 2011

Video: Niklas Kronwall shovels Patrick Eaves to Wings bench

How hard does Nashville Predators defenseman Shea Weber shoot the puck? Hard enough to have almost toppled Zdeno Chara at the NHL All-Star skills competition. Hard enough to have ripped a puck through the net in the Olympics. And hard enough to humble a penalty killer with a blast on the power play.

On Saturday night, that penalty killer was Patrick Eaves of the Detroit Red Wings, who took a Weber shot and went down in a heap. Rather than see his team face a 5-on-3 disadvantage, Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall took matters into his own hands … or in this case, on his stick.

Suppose Eaves should be thanking Kronwall. And by that we mean for not trying to slap-shoot him to the bench to save time.

Eaves spoke with MLive.com after the 3-1 Nashville victory about the injury:

Eaves, early in the second period, took a blast from Weber off his left ankle during a Nashville power play. He returned later in the period, finished the game and said he's fine.

"Just bruised, doesn't feel good,'' Eaves said. "He can really hum the puck. I think he got all of that one.''

Meanwhile, Kronwall is available for rental as a ride at a child's skating party or to clear leaves from your driveway next fall. That is, if he doesn't transition to a career in Human Shuffleboard.

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