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Video: Canes’ Skinner leaves game after big hit by Sens’ Cowen

Jeff Skinner

Carolina Hurricanes Jeff Skinner is banged up once again after a hit, this one coming from Ottawa Senators defenseman Jared Cowen (who returned from injury problems of his own on Tuesday).

Skinner already has a troubling history of concussion problems, so it’s worrisome that observers such as the Raleigh News & Observer’s Chip Alexander believes that he might have visited the quiet room after that check.

The 20-year-old forward already dealt with two head injuries in the last two seasons, including some issues from February. By no means is he officially dealing with a concussion from tonight’s hit, but that’s the obvious concern.

Here’s video of the check:

The blow was divisive depending upon who you asked.

Alexander wasn’t happy with the hit (or its defenders).

Cowen went after the head. Pretty cheap move. Sens fans approved of course.

— Chip Alexander (@ice_chip) April 17, 2013

Meanwhile, the Ottawa Citizen’s Allen Panzeri believes it wasn’t dirty.

Jeff Skinner’s going to be having nightmares about that Jared Cowen hit for some time. Big, clean hit, though Kirk Muller didn’t agree #sens

— Allen Panzeri (@allenpanzeri2) April 17, 2013