Coyotes' Torres suspended 25 games (with video)

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FYI.....honestly I think a message like this needed to be sent....

Shanahan 'late direct hit to the head'...broke three rules....

Will cost him $550,000 in lost salary....

NEW YORK -- Phoenix Coyotes forward Raffi Torres has been suspended for 25 games for launching himself to deliver a late hit to the head of Chicago Blackhawks forward Marian Hossa during Game 3 of the teams' Western Conference Quarterfinal playoff series in Chicago on Tuesday, April 17, the National Hockey League's Department of Player Safety announced today.

Should the 25 games not be served by the conclusion of the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the remaining games of the suspension will carry over into the following regular season. Torres will be prohibited from playing in any preseason games until he has served this 25-game suspension (playoff and regular-season games).

Watch Shanahan explain the suspension here:

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=629019

 

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This is what is sad:

There is no timetable for Hossa's return, which is a severe blow to the Blackhawks as the 33-year-old Slovak was their regular-season points leader.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/21/us-nhl-playoffs-torres-idUSBRE83J1J020120421

 

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