Ironically, Both Drouin and Erne are top entry draft picks of the Lightning and both assigned to teams in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Drouin was selected 3rd overall in the entry draft, and Erne 33rd.
Should make for some interesting conversation behind closed doors with Lightning management.
Erne is proving to be a hot head and cheap shot artist and is in line for his second suspension of the year, the first coming during the preseason as the result of an illegal check to the head of St. Louis Blues Vladimir Sobotka, for which Erne received three games.
Erne is accusing Drouin of embellishment on the play, further adding to his already shaky reputation, but as the video below shows, it would have been tough for Drouin to have taken a dive:
Erne, who earlier knocked Halifax defenseman Matt Murphy from the contest with a clean should-to-shoulder check, received a game misconduct for the hit, a call on which he disagrees:
He wasn’t far from the boards and I pushed him pretty hard, I thought it was a dive and I thought everybody else did, too. I wouldn’t have even gotten a penalty if he didn’t dive into the boards. - Adam Erne
Regardless of Erne's claim, the incident could have major reprecussions for both the United States and Canada in regard to their rosters for the World Junior Championships, for which tryouts for both invitees is to begin early next week.
Drouin will be evaluated on Saturday.
http://www.sportsinjuryalert.com/2013/12/lightning-lose-prospect-johnathan.html
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