((HT: George Sipple, Detroit Free Press))
Michigan State coach Rick Comley suspended sophomore forward Corey Tropp and freshman forward Andrew Conboy for the remainder of the season Monday, following an incident Saturday night in a 5-3 loss at Michigan.
Conboy grabbed U-M defenseman Steve Kampfer from behind and knocked him to the ice. Tropp then slashed Kampfer with his stick in the neck area as he lay on the ice. Kampfer was not seriously injured and is expected to play this weekend. Kampfer was playing in his 10th game this season after suffering a cracked skull and fractured neck in an on-campus incident in October.
“What happened near the end of the game this weekend is not the way in which we want our hockey program represented,” Comley said in a statement. “We cannot condone their actions. We felt that we had to send a strong message that this behavior will not be tolerated. However, one thing needs to be clear — this was an incident that was an emotional, split-second action, for which these players are being punished. I don’t want this to be portrayed that this was anything premeditated or that any single player was targeted.”
Just so you know, the headline comes from one of the lovely chants that the UM students dropped on Tropp and Conboy while Kampfer was trying to figure out what day it was as he was laying on the ice...
For the record, it was a real punk-ass move...
((HT: FS Detroit/the youtube))
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