NHL won't change rule after injury to Avs' Calvert

[ASFN Admin]

The NHL on Tuesday indicated it will not make a rulebook change in the wake of an injury to Colorado Avalanche forward Matt Calvert on Saturday. Play continued in the third period in Vancouver as Calvert was left bleeding on the ice after being struck in the head by a shot from the Canucks' Elias Pettersson. Despite an outcry from the Avalanche since the incident, NHL director of officiating Stephen Walkom said Tuesday that no movement toward a rule change was made at the league's meeting of general managers in Toronto.

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