The Art Of Cross-Checking Under Heavy NHL Scrutiny
The NHL is cracking down on cross-checks amidst a wave of preseason penalty calls
Hockey people will tell you that cross-checking has been around since a bunch of crafty Canadians, or one determined man named James Creighton from Halifax, Nova Scotia if the stories are indeed correct, invented the best sport on ice almost 150 years ago in Montreal.
It’s always been associated with “paying the price” to get to the front of the net if a…