Vancouver Canucks defenceman Tyler Myers was suspended three games for his aggressive cross check on Evan Bouchard, and while trying to defend himself, offered a lacklustre explanation.

The rivalry between the Vancouver Canucks and the Edmonton Oilers boiled over on Saturday night, as tempers flared between the two clubs in what was a 3-2 victory for the Canucks at Rogers Arena. The

In the dying seconds of the Vancouver Canucks game against the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night, there was a late altercation involving Conor Garland and Connor McDavid.

Vancouver Canucks defenceman Tyler Myers said Monday he did not intend to hit the Edmonton Oilers’ Evan Bouchard in the face with a cross-check at the end of Saturday’s game.

The NHL has given both Connor McDavid and Tyler Myers suspensions for their cross-checks in a recent Vancouver Canucks-Edmonton Oilers game.

A late-game play has cost Vancouver's Tyler Myers. The Canucks defenceman was suspended three games by NHL Player Safety on Monday for cross-checking Edmonton's Evan Bouchard.

The suspension comes after Tyler Myers cross-checked Evan Bouchard in Vancouver's game against the Edmonton Oilers.

Oilers star Connor McDavid and Canucks defenseman Tyler Myers both were hit with three-game suspensions for cross-checking incidents.

Vancouver Canucks defenceman Tyler Myers will have a hearing Monday with the NHL’s department of player safety after after hitting Edmonton Oilers defenceman Bouchard in the face with his stick.

Tyler Myers and Connor McDavid were issued matching three-game suspensions for cross-checks thrown during Saturday’s game between the Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks.