{"id":240336,"date":"2026-04-25T21:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T21:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/25\/sens-owner-michael-andlauer-blasts-punishment-to-taylor-hall-for-hit-on-jake-sanderson-its-ridiculous\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T21:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T21:34:10","slug":"sens-owner-michael-andlauer-blasts-punishment-to-taylor-hall-for-hit-on-jake-sanderson-its-ridiculous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/25\/sens-owner-michael-andlauer-blasts-punishment-to-taylor-hall-for-hit-on-jake-sanderson-its-ridiculous\/","title":{"rendered":"Sens owner Michael Andlauer blasts punishment to Taylor Hall for hit on Jake Sanderson: \u201cIt\u2019s ridiculous\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"5159190\" data-slug-id=\"2773337\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ottawa Senators owner Michael Andlauer has publicly criticized the NHL&#8217;s handling of Carolina Hurricanes forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/us\/nhl\/taylor-hall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Taylor Hall<\/a>&#8216;s hit on defenseman Jake Sanderson, calling the two-minute penalty insufficient given the injury sustained.<\/p>\n<p>During Game 3 of the Eastern Conference First Round on Thursday night at Canadian Tire Centre, Hall&#8217;s hit caught Sanderson in the head and the officials assessed a two-minute minor penalty for an illegal check to the head.<\/p>\n<p>In a message to the Ottawa Citizen, Andlauer criticized the penalty disparity between different types of infractions.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;One should have control of their body the same way they have control of their stick,&#8221; Andlauer wrote. &#8220;It&#8217;s ridiculous that you get four minutes for a high stick to the face that draws blood, but only two minutes for a direct shot to the head that draws a concussion.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p>It was confirmed Friday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/us\/nhl\/news-senators-fans-react-taylor-hall-gets-away-hit-jake-sanderson-supplemental-discipline-nhl-joke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Taylor Hall would not face a hearing and no supplemental discipline would be issued<\/a>. So, Hall received no further punishment beyond the two-minute penalty.<\/p>\n<p>The owner&#8217;s statement addresses what the Senators organization views as inconsistent penalty enforcement. High-sticking infractions that draw blood result in four-minute double-minors while Hall&#8217;s hit to the head that caused a concussion received a two-minute penalty.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>Jake Sanderson took himself out during Senators team practice<\/h2>\n<p>Sanderson suffered a concussion and has been ruled out for Game 4. The 23-year-old defenseman had 14 goals and 54 points in 67 regular-season games while averaging 24:50 of ice time. He averaged 27:57 in ice time through the first three playoff games.<\/p>\n<p>Senators head coach Travis Green confirmed Jake Sanderson&#8217;s status during his Friday media availability. Green shared that Sanderson wasn&#8217;t removed by concussion spotters but took himself out during the team&#8217;s 5-on-3 power play.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;He&#8217;s not doing very well,&#8221; Green stated bluntly. &#8220;He won&#8217;t play tomorrow.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Green has also expressed frustration with the officiating after Thursday&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s pretty obvious why he left the game,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I just don&#8217;t understand how there&#8217;s not a five-minute major called on a hit to the head. It&#8217;s a blatant hit to the head. The kind of hits you don&#8217;t want to see. It&#8217;s ridiculous that there wasn&#8217;t even a review.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/us\/nhl\/ottawa-senators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Ottawa Senators<\/a> are down 3-0 in the series and facing elimination in Game 4 on Saturday afternoon. 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