Red Wings’ Kronwall sends message with big hit on Sharks’ Clowe – Detroit Free Press
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Red Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall sent a hard message back at Sharks forward Ryane Clowe tonight, rattling him with a big hit.
Clowe had said after Game 4 that he was hoping to line up against Kronwall at some point during the second-round series after Dany Heatley got Kronwall-ed in Game 3. Kronwall laughed it off Saturday, taking it as a compliment. Tonight, he rammed into Clowe two minutes after scoring in the Wings’ 4-3 victory at HP Pavilion.
“You’re just trying to play hockey,” Kronwall said. “You don’t really think about too much who you’re out there against, you just try to play as hard as possible. That’s the way hockey goes.
“Sometimes you get a chance to step up and tonight I did.”
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