At the time, it was only assessed a two-minute minor. Nobody in the Saddledome seemed to initially think a whole lot of Connor Zary’s retaliatory hit on Elias Pettersson during Wednesday’s game between the Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks.

Calgary Flames forward Connor Zary will have a hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety on Thursday, one day after his hit on Vancouver Canucks rookie defenseman Elias Pettersson. Pettersson leveled Nazem Kadri with an open-ice hit when Zary took up for his teammate.

Calgary Flames forward Connor Zary will have a hearing for his hit on Vancouver Canucks defenceman Elias Pettersson last night.