Daily Gallery: Controversial hits in 2012 Playoffs

Raffi Torres of the Phoenix Coyotes catches Marian Hossa with his head down and knocks the Chicago Blackhawks forward out. Torres gets 25 games for his Round 1, Game 3 indiscretion. (AP/Nam Y. Huh)

Raffi Torres of the Phoenix Coyotes catches Marian Hossa with his head down and knocks the Chicago Blackhawks forward out. Torres gets 25 games for his Round 1, Game 3 indiscretion. (AP/Nam Y. Huh)
Raffi Torres of the Phoenix Coyotes catches Marian Hossa with his head down and knocks the Chicago Blackhawks forward out. Torres gets 25 games for his Round 1, Game 3 indiscretion. (AP/Nam Y. Huh)
Philadelphia Flyer Claude Giroux elbows New Jersey Devil Dainius Zubrus in the head in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference final. Giroux got one game. (AP/Julio Cortez)
Philadelphia Flyer Claude Giroux elbows New Jersey Devil Dainius Zubrus in the head in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference final. Giroux got one game. (AP/Julio Cortez)
Carl Hagelin of the New York Rangers lands a flying elbow to the head of Ottawa Senator Daniel Alfredsson in Game 2 of the first round of the playoffs. Hagelin got three games for the elbow. (AP/Paul Battaglia)
Carl Hagelin of the New York Rangers lands a flying elbow to the head of Ottawa Senator Daniel Alfredsson in Game 2 of the first round of the playoffs. Hagelin got three games for the elbow. (AP/Paul Battaglia)
Shea Weber smashes Henrik Zetterberg’s head into the boards in the closing seconds of Game 1 of their first round series. No discipline is handed out to Weber. (AP/Sanford Myers)
Shea Weber smashes Henrik Zetterberg’s head into the boards in the closing seconds of Game 1 of their first round series. No discipline is handed out to Weber. (AP/Sanford Myers)
Penguins’ forward Aaron Asham crosschecks Philadelphia Flyer Brayden Schenn in the throat and then punches him in the back of the head in Game 3 of their first round series in retaliation for his big hit on Pens’ defender Paul Martin. Asham gets four games for the hit. (AP/Tom Mihalek)
Penguins’ forward Aaron Asham crosschecks Philadelphia Flyer Brayden Schenn in the throat and then punches him in the back of the head in Game 3 of their first round series in retaliation for his big hit on Pens’ defender Paul Martin. Asham gets four games for the hit. (AP/Tom Mihalek)
Byron Bitz of the Vancouver Canucks comes from the other side of the ice to clobber Los Angeles Kings forward Kyle Clifford’s head into the boards in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series. Bitz gets two games. (CP/Darryl Dyck)
Byron Bitz of the Vancouver Canucks comes from the other side of the ice to clobber Los Angeles Kings forward Kyle Clifford’s head into the boards in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series. Bitz gets two games. (CP/Darryl Dyck)
Chicago Blackhawks’ forward Andrew Shaw clips Phoenix Coyotes goaltender Mike Smith in the head in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series. Smith is fine but Shaw gets three games anyway. (AP/Ross D. Franklin)
Chicago Blackhawks’ forward Andrew Shaw clips Phoenix Coyotes goaltender Mike Smith in the head in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series. Smith is fine but Shaw gets three games anyway. (AP/Ross D. Franklin)
Martin Hanzal of the Phoenix Coyotes crushes L.A. Kings’ captain Dustin Brown from behind into the boards in Game 2 of the Western Conference final. Hanzal gets one game and Brown goes on to win the cup. (AP/Matt York)
Martin Hanzal of the Phoenix Coyotes crushes L.A. Kings’ captain Dustin Brown from behind into the boards in Game 2 of the Western Conference final. Hanzal gets one game and Brown goes on to win the cup. (AP/Matt York)
Phoenix Coyotes defenceman Rostislav Klesla throws Nashville Predators forward Matt Halischuk into the boards from behind in Game 4 of their second-round series. Klesla gets one game for the hit. (AP/Rick Scuteri)
Phoenix Coyotes defenceman Rostislav Klesla throws Nashville Predators forward Matt Halischuk into the boards from behind in Game 4 of their second-round series. Klesla gets one game for the hit. (AP/Rick Scuteri)
Brandon Prust of the New York Rangers elbows Devils’ defender Anton Volchenkov in the back of the head in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference final. Prust gets one game for the elbow. (AP/Julio Cortez)
Brandon Prust of the New York Rangers elbows Devils’ defender Anton Volchenkov in the back of the head in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference final. Prust gets one game for the elbow. (AP/Julio Cortez)

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