Major rule change may be on the way that will impact all 32 NHL teams

Earlier this week, Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Mikhail Sergachev suffered a gruesome injury after taking a reverse hit from New York's Alexis Lafreniere, which sent Sergachev falling awkwardly back onto his own leg, breaking his left tibia and fibula, resulting in emergency surgery. Here's the hit in question:

TSN's Darren Dreger has since reported that we may soon see a rule change being implemented in the NHL in relation to these types of hits.

"Most people in the hockey community, especially the general managers, generally don't like the reverse hit. Yes, I understand, it's a grey area, and the general managers have talked about it before. It's more the reverse hit below the goal line or in a skating situation.


Should it be something that the NHL should crack down on, as they have on slashing or on cross-checking? What I can tell you is the reverse hit has been discussed at the GM level in the past and, undoubtedly, it will be high on the agenda when they meet again in Florida in March." - Darren Dreger on a potential rule change coming in relation to reverse hits