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Bruins Unhappy With Zach Sill's Hit On Adam McQuaid

BOSTON (AP/CBS) — Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid was injured in the second period when he was checked headfirst into the glass Tuesday night against the Washington Capitals.

McQuaid was skating after a loose puck in the Boston zone when he took a hit from Washington's Zach Sill about five minutes into the second period. McQuaid was facing the boards when Sill arrived and the hit drove McQuaid's forehead into the glass.

McQuaid stayed down for several minutes before he was helped from the ice and to the locker room. He is not expected to play when Boston takes on the New Jersey Devils on Friday night.

Boston fans booed when there was no penalty on the play, and the team was not very happy after their 3-2 loss.

"I had the luxury of going back to my office and looking at the replay. Obviously for me there should have been a call there but you know we'll see how the league deems it," head coach Claude Julien said. "It was definitely a hit from behind in my book but we'll let the other people take care of it as always."

"I though it was a bad hit," said Patrice Bergeron. "I mean it was one of those where it happens fast and from my angle I guess it was a bad hit, you know. There was no point, no need for [Sill] to hit him like that and definitely tough to see Adam go down as hard as he did."

A few Bruins, including Bergeron, tried to engage Sill in his shifts after the hit, but the Capitals center didn't want any part of it.

"He was just telling me to I guess to get away and he thought it was a good hit. But there was no way possible that he could really believe that," said Bergeron.

CSNNE's Joe Haggerty joined Toucher & Rich to discuss the hit:

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