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

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 NHL Department of Player Safety ruled today that Canucks defenseman Tyler Myers would be serving a three-game suspension for his cross-check to the face of Oilers defenseman Evan Bouchard in the corner. Following the game, Myers offered the following excuse, saying that Bouchard's hands re-directed his stick higher, via Oilers Nation.

Following a cross-checking incident in a recent game, one of the Vancouver Canucks' top defensemen is likely facing a suspension. The NHL's Department of Player

For Tyler Myers, it was far from a three-game vaycay. When the towering Vancouver Canucks defenceman received a three-game suspension for his match penalty high stick on Edmonton Oilers blueliner Evan Bouchard on Jan.

Vancouver Canucks defenseman Tyler Myers shared his thoughts on his cross-checking to the face incident involving Edmonton Oilers' Evan Bouchard.

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 coach Rick Tocchet didn't hold back in expressing his thoughts on defenseman Tyler Myers' return in the Canucks' 5-2 win against the St. Louis Blues on Monday.

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.

BOTTOM LINE: Pacific Division opponents meet when the Edmonton Oilers play the Vancouver Canucks. Edmonton has a 7-5-1 record in Pacific Division play and a 29-15-3 record overall. The Oilers have a 16-5-2 record when they commit fewer penalties than their opponent.

After a hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety, Vancouver Canucks defenceman Tyler Myers was assessed a three-game suspension for cross-checking Edmonton Oilers defenceman Evan Bouchard on Saturday night.

Tyler Myers laughed when asked what he was thinking before cross-checking Evan Bouchard in the dying seconds of a win on Saturday. “Not a lot,” Myers told reporters two days later in Vancouver. A few hours later,