Sharks' forward Tommy Wingels is one of the team's most promising young players and could help compensate for what looks like a very thin minor-league system. But during the NHL lockout Wingels got himself into hot water for his new team in Finland. As a member of one of the coolest team names in hockey, KooKoo Kouvola of the second-tier Finnish Mestis League, Wingels delivered a vicious hit: see the video in the linked Comcast SportsNet Bay Area story above.
Wingels received a three-game suspension for his hit, that frankly looked a little questionable at first glance. Collisions like that make you feel a little nervous for Sharks' players who are scattered around various European pro teams. Rangers' winger Rick Nash, Joe Thornton's teammate and buddy on the Swiss team Davos, suffered what was deemed a not overly serious shoulder injury last month.
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