The Vancouver Canucks just dropped Sunday nights contest 3-1 to the Utah Hockey Club. However, in the post-game media availabilities, Kiefer Sherwood’s comments about Jason Dickinson’s hit that left Filip Chytil with a concussion and out of tonight’s lineup.

“It’s back-to-back games that guys are taking liberties on our guys,” Sherwood said. “[Dickinson] is going to have to answer the bell next year because I know we don’t play them again, but that was a dirty hit. Unneccesary. 6-2. And then he doesn’t have the…whatever… to step on the ice afterwards? [Derek Forbort] asked him. It is what it is. We’ll get him next year.”

Sherwood’s comments are about the hit blindside hit that former Canuck Dickinson threw onto the back of Chytil which whipped his neck back and crunched his head on the board. The centreman stayed down on the ice for several seconds and would fall over in his attempt to get up. Chytil eventually was able to skate off the ice under his own power but would go straight down the tunnel.

Dickinson was not assessed a penalty, suspension or fine for this incident. While Chytil is back in the NHL’s concussion protocol. The team plans to evaluate him further within the next 48 hours before deciding if he’ll join the team on the road trip.

Sherwood is currently leading the NHL in hits with 362 – 113 more than second, New York Rangers forward Will Cuylle. The Canuck forward is just 21 hits away from breaking the NHL record for hits in a single season, surpassing his former teammate Jeremy Lauzon, who took the record over last season with 383.

With just 15 games left for Vancouver in the regular season, they are not scheduled to see the Blackhawks again this season. However, these players won’t forget what Dickinson did and will look to even things up in their first opportunity against him next season.