Valeri Nichushkin accuses another NHL player of intentionally trying to hurt players
There are not too many players in the NHL that play that hard noised old school hockey as hard as the Tampa Bay Lightning's Corey Perry. Say what you want about his style, he's hated by the opposition, yet everyone would love Perry as a teammate.
However, with that rough no holds barred style Perry plays there has been times he's injured players. Perry was a big part of the Tampa Bay Lightning's run this year losing to the Colorado Avalanche in the Stanley Cup Final. After the series one member of the Avalanche had some accusations against Perry and his style of play, accusing Perry of intentionally trying to to injure players.
The accusations come from Valeri Nichushkin, Perry comes by his nickname "the worm" for doing whatever it takes to get under the skin of opposing teams. Nichushkin is currently home where he is conducting interviews and he would talk about the Stanley Cup Final when the Avalanche knocked out the Tampa Bay Lightning.
During one of them, he was asked if any other players tried to get under his skin during the playoffs:
Nichushkin was then asked about Corey Perry and what it was playing against him in the Finals
Nichushkin was hinting at the incident that occurred during game two of their series where the Avalanche had a commanding 5-0 lead, Perry put all his weight on J.T. Compher's ankle while the two were on the ice around the net. Nichushkin believes Perry intended to injure Compher.
Despite having a bad reputation, the 37-year-old Perry will likely be a Hall of Famer when he decides to hang up the skates. Perry has played in 1,176 games scoring 405 goals and 453 assists for a total of 858 career points. Perry was part of the Anaheim Ducks Stanley Cup in 2007 as well as represented Canada every time he's been invited.
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