The Penguins' Matt Cooke has been the poster child over the past few seasons for those calling for the NHL to make rule changes to protect players from shots to the head. Cooke was suspended twice in 2008-09 for hits to the head. Last season, Cooke delivered a hit to the head of the Bruins' Marc Savard that caused a concussion from which Savard has yet to fully recover, but Cooke was not suspended for that one.

This season, Cooke has cemented his reputation as the dirtiest current NHL player by getting suspended twice for illegal hits, once (four games) for hitting the Blue Jackets' Fedor Tyutin from behind and into the glass, and he is currently sidelined for elbowing the Rangers' Ryan McDonagh in the head. For the McDonagh hit, Cooke was suspended for the final 10 games of the regular season and the first round of the playoffs.

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