He had left the ice on a stretcher in the first period after Hatcher flattened him with a hard check to the head.

His latest concussion came last month, apparently when he delivered a hard but routine check.

"That's a hard check for anyone to write."

There was no hard check of weapons or survival gear.

On defense he finished his checks, hard and clean.

Laycoe delivered a hard check to Richard late in the third period and cut him with a high stick.

A few minutes later, a Central player delivered an unusually hard check to Paul, almost causing a concussion.

Although the Capitals were rested and hit the Rangers with hard checks, the visitors kept up.

Others on the roster are being knocked down by quick moves, hard checks and blistering shots.

Some ducking in the corners, to avoid hard checks.