The NHL's Department of Player Safety has announced that New York Islanders defenceman Alexander Romanov has been fined $5,000, the maximum allowed by the collective agreement, for his hit on Vincent Trocheck.

Here is Romanov's contact to Trocheck:

POLL

In your opinion, was the hit legal?

Yes
127
71.3 %
No
51
28.7 %

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