{"id":434938,"date":"2026-01-26T20:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T20:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/434938\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T20:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T20:00:08","slug":"penguins-rust-to-have-hearing-for-high-hit-on-canucks-boeser-tsn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/434938\/","title":{"rendered":"Penguins\u2019 Rust to have hearing for high hit on Canucks\u2019 Boeser \u2013 TSN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/pittsburgh-penguins\/5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/pittsburgh-penguins\/5\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/bryan-rust\/8475810\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/bryan-rust\/8475810\" target=\"_blank\">Bryan Rust<\/a> is set to have a hearing for his illegal check to the head against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/vancouver-canucks\/23\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/vancouver-canucks\/23\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Canucks<\/a> forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/brock-boeser\/8478444\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/brock-boeser\/8478444\" target=\"_blank\">Brock Boeser<\/a>, the NHL department of player safety announced on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The date and time of the hearing has yet to be determined.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pittsburgh\u2019s Bryan Rust will have a hearing for an illegal check to the head against Vancouver\u2019s Brock Boeser. Date and time TBD.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLPlayerSafety\/status\/2015847033794392571?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The incident occurred in the dying seconds of the Penguins\u2019 3-2 win over the Canucks on Sunday when Vancouver was seeking the tying goal. Boeser was going for a loose puck in front of the Penguins\u2019 net when Rust skated by him and clipped his head with his elbow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Boeser was injured on the play and was doubled over while trying to get back to the Vancouver bench.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI didn\u2019t know what happened. Just watched the replay above&#8230; I think it\u2019s a pretty dirty play, to be honest with you. But no one on the ice seemed to see it as well,\u201d Canucks forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/jake-debrusk\/8478498\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/jake-debrusk\/8478498\" target=\"_blank\">Jake DeBrusk<\/a> said postgame.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Rust was handed a two-minute penalty for an illegal check to the head with no time left on the clock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 5-foot-11 winger is third in Penguins scoring with 18 goals and 39 points in 47 games this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Pittsburgh sits second in the Metropolitan Division with a 26-14-11 record and are six points behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/carolina-hurricanes\/12\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/carolina-hurricanes\/12\" target=\"_blank\">Carolina Hurricanes<\/a> for top spot and four points ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/new-york-islanders\/2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/new-york-islanders\/2\" target=\"_blank\">New York Islanders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Penguins begin a three-game homestand Thursday against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/chicago-blackhawks\/16\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/chicago-blackhawks\/16\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Blackhawks<\/a>, followed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/new-york-rangers\/3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/new-york-rangers\/3\" target=\"_blank\">New York Rangers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/ottawa-senators\/9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/ottawa-senators\/9\" target=\"_blank\">Ottawa Senators<\/a> on Saturday and Monady, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Penguins forward Bryan Rust is set to have a hearing for his illegal check to the head&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[712,180764,180763,49,48,448,75017,82,83915],"class_list":["post-434938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-apple-news","tag-brock-boeser-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8478444","tag-bryan-rust-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8475810","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-pittsburgh-penguins-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-5","tag-sports","tag-vancouver-canucks-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-23"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}