Sunday, February 13, 2011

Pens-Isles Yields Suspensions... Finally...

Not that this is any kind of a surprise...

But...

The NHL suspended Islanders forward Trevor Gillies for nine games, Matt Martin for four and handed the club a $100,000 fine for the brawl against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Eric Godard was punished on the Penguins side by the league as he received an automatic 10-game suspension for leaving the bench to join a third-period brawl.

Gillies' ban was for delivering a blow to the head of Penguins forward Eric Tangradi and punching him several times, leaving him with concussion-like symptoms that will keep him out for at least Sunday's game against the New York Rangers.

Here's everything that went down, for those of you who have lived under a rock...
((HT: NHL/FSNPittsburgh/youtube))

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