Carlyle: It's a 'travesty' Giordano wasn't penalized for Fowler hit

Randy Carlyle doesn't often call out NHL officiating, but he couldn't hold back Wednesday.

The Anaheim Ducks head coach called it a "travesty" that no penalty was called on Calgary Flames defenseman Mark Giordano for his knee-on-knee hit on Ducks blue-liner Cam Fowler, according to the Los Angeles Times' Curtis Zupke.

The Flames captain caught Fowler's knee after the Ducks rearguard took a shot on goal late in Tuesday night's 3-1 victory by Anaheim.

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No disciplinary hearing is scheduled between Giordano and the league for the incident, an NHL spokesman confirmed to Pro Hockey Talk's Mike Halford.

Fowler will have an MRI to determine the severity of the injury, according to the Orange County Register's Eric Stephens. The Ducks would only officially classify Fowler as day to day with a "lower-body" ailment.

He appeared to be in severe pain following the hit Tuesday night, and needed help getting off the ice.

Fowler leads the Ducks in average ice time by more than two-and-a-half minutes at 24:50, and tops all Anaheim defensemen with 39 points.

Plenty could certainly change between now and the start of the playoffs, but if the standings remain as they are, the Ducks and Flames would face each other in the first round.