{"id":607159,"date":"2026-04-26T08:53:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T08:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/607159\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T08:53:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T08:53:14","slug":"ottawas-ridly-greig-delivers-disgusting-cheap-shot-in-game-4-against-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/607159\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa&#8217;s Ridly Greig delivers disgusting cheap shot in game 4 against Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"speakable\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nhl\/carolina-hurricanes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Carolina Hurricanes<\/a> were looking to put away the Ottawa Senators on Saturday afternoon, and boy, were the Sens not willing to go down without a fight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Or, in this case, one heck of a cheap shot.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/nhl-playoffs-start-bang-team-usa-star-brady-tkachuk-drops-glove-opening-faceoff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Senators are a team<\/a> that has no problem with mixing it up, and that can be a good skill set in the postseason. I mean, the Florida Panthers just won back-to-back Cups doing it.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ridley-greig.jpeg\" alt=\"Ridly Greig\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Senators dropped a brutal cheap shot in the team&#8217;s Game 4 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes. (Marc DesRosiers-IMAGN Images)<\/p>\n<p>However, you&#8217;ve got to make sure you don&#8217;t cross the line, and Senators forward Ridly Greig did just that.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/north-carolina-gov-cross-checks-devils-after-loss-hurricanes-too-good-dirty-play\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NORTH CAROLINA GOV CROSS-CHECKS DEVILS AFTER LOSS TO HURRICANES: &#8216;TOO GOOD FOR SUCH DIRTY PLAY&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>First, Greig had a hand in ramping up the intensity in Game 4 when he ran over Carolina netminder Frederik Andersen.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a slam-dunk, no-question-about-it penalty, and while it\u2019s not classy, it\u2019s not outside the scope of what you\u2019ll see in the playoffs \u2014 especially in an elimination game.<\/p>\n<p>However, that animosity boiled over later in the period, and that&#8217;s when Greig dropped one of the dirtiest moves I think I&#8217;ve seen all season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/nfl-all-pro-defender-sees-both-sides-trevor-lawrence-hit-its-tricky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NFL ALL-PRO DEFENDER SEES &#8216;BOTH SIDES&#8217; OF TREVOR LAWRENCE HIT: &#8216;IT&#8217;S TRICKY&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Things got completely out of hand, and Greig and teammate Warren Foegele got tied up with Carolina&#8217;s Sean Walker.<\/p>\n<p>Foegele got Walker in a headlock, and Greig disengaged&#8230; at least momentarily.<\/p>\n<p>Because with Walker tied up, Greig delivered a vicious uppercut straight to his chops.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/parents-charged-after-brawl-youth-street-hockey-tournament-new-jersey-turns-violent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">PARENTS CHARGED AFTER BRAWL AT YOUTH STREET HOCKEY TOURNAMENT IN NEW JERSEY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dude&#8230; seriously?<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s about as cheap and as dirty as it gets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/link.podtrac.com\/dmwdd_article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON&#8217;T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Believe it or not, out of all of that, there were only three minor penalties, and two of them went to Carolina&#8217;s Nic Deslauriers.<\/p>\n<p>So Greig got away with that one on the ice, but he could still be facing a potential suspension and an almost certain fine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hurricanes-senators.jpeg\" alt=\"Ottawa Senators and Carolina Hurricanes\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>The Carolina Hurricanes swept the Ottawa Senators in what was at times an intense, physical series. (Marc DesRosiers-Imagn)<\/p>\n<p>The Senators ended up losing this one 4-2, so their season is over, and the Canes will move on to face the winner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-sports\/penguins-make-massive-goalie-change-adding-interesting-twist-must-win-game-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Flyers-Penguins series<\/a>, which Philadelphia has a chance to sweep on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>But, if Greig is suspended \u2014 and I think that was definitely suspension-worthy \u2014 he&#8217;ll have to serve it at the start of next season.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Reigle is a writer for OutKick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Carolina Hurricanes were looking to put away the Ottawa Senators on Saturday afternoon, and boy, were the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[4821,385,1319,259870,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-607159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-carolina-hurricanes","9":"tag-nhl","10":"tag-ottawa-senators","11":"tag-outkick-sports","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}