No hit hearings for Bolts’ Boyle, Isles’ Hickey

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Despite some uproar on both sides, neither Tampa Bay Lightning center Brian Boyle nor New York Islanders’ defenseman Thomas Hickey will face discipline for a couple of controversial hits in Tuesday night’s game.

Boyle made a high hit on Hickey in overtime. The defenseman tumbled to the ice and couldn’t get back into the play in time as Boyle grabbed a loose puck and fired in the game-winner. A source confirmed to ESPN’s Joe McDonald that the league will not hold a hearing over the hit.

In the second period, Hickey labeled Lightning forward Jonathan Drouin, sending him to the locker room. …

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