Hurricanes’ Brett Pesce fined $5,000 for dangerous trip on Red Wings’ Robby Fabbri

The Carolina Hurricanes incurred their second player fine in two days Thursday night when defenseman Brett Pesce was fined $5,000 for a trip against Detroit Red Wings forward Robby Fabbri.

Pesce’s trip, which the league deemed dangerous, came Thursday in the second period of the Canes’ 5-2 win over the Red Wings at PNC Arena. Pesce was assessed a minor penalty.

Pesce’s fine was announced after the game by the NHL’s Department of Player Safety. The money will go to the Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund.

Canes forward Nino Niederreiter on Wednesday was handed a $5,000 fine, the maximum allowed under the collective bargaining agreement, for a hit on Nashville Predators goalie Juuse Saros in Tuesday’s game.

Chip Alexander

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In more than 40 years at The N&O, Chip Alexander has covered the N.C. State, UNC, Duke and East Carolina beats, and now is in his 15th season on the Carolina Hurricanes beat. Alexander, who has won numerous writing awards at the state and national level, covered the Hurricanes’ move to North Carolina in 1997 and was a part of The N&O’s coverage of the Canes’ 2006 Stanley Cup run.