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NHL suspends Ovechkin for reckless hit
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March 17, 2010, Wednesday
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TWO-TIME Most Valuable Player Alex Ovechkin was suspended for the Washington Capitals' next two games because of a reckless hit, the National Hockey League said on Monday.
The forward drove Chicago's Brian Campbell into the boards from behind in the first period on Sunday and received a major penalty and a game misconduct. With Ovechkin, who is leading the league in points with 96, kicked out of the game, the Capitals later came back from a 3-0 third-period deficit to win 4-3 in overtime.
"There's nothing I can do right now. He just fell and this happens," Ovechkin said after the game.
Because he also was suspended for two games earlier this season, Ovechkin is now considered a repeat offender under the collective bargaining agreement. He'll forfeit more than US$232,000 in salary based on the number of games in the season instead of the number of days.
Ovechkin was suspended for two games on December 1 for a knee-to-knee hit on Carolina defenseman Tim Gleason.
Ovechkin will miss games at Florida and at Carolina. He can return on Saturday at Tampa Bay.
"We have no problem with the way Alex tried to finish his check," Capitals general manager George McPhee said in a statement. "Unfortunately, an injury resulted. We are disappointed with the suspension but do not want to comment further."
Campbell injured
Campbell stayed down for several minutes before he was able to leave the ice with a trainer at his side and then headed to the locker room. He did not return to the game.
Campbell, out with what the team is calling an upper-body injury, will miss the team's three-game road trip this week that starts tonight in Anaheim, California. He is a key defenseman for the Blackhawks, who are second overall in the Western Conference two points behind San Jose.
Campbell has seven goals and 31 assists on the season.
"Brian Campbell is one of the best skaters in the National Hockey League," Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau said in an interview with the team's Website. "If he thought danger was coming, and he saw Alex right behind him, he would have moved. I think he was trying to spin away and the spin didn't work, and he got caught in the ice and he fell into the boards.
"That's me, and a lot of people are going to bash that thought. But that's my opinion."
The Capitals said Ovechkin missed practice on Monday because he had to be on the telephone with Colin Campbell, the NHL's director of hockey operations, to discuss the hit.
The forward drove Chicago's Brian Campbell into the boards from behind in the first period on Sunday and received a major penalty and a game misconduct. With Ovechkin, who is leading the league in points with 96, kicked out of the game, the Capitals later came back from a 3-0 third-period deficit to win 4-3 in overtime.
"There's nothing I can do right now. He just fell and this happens," Ovechkin said after the game.
Because he also was suspended for two games earlier this season, Ovechkin is now considered a repeat offender under the collective bargaining agreement. He'll forfeit more than US$232,000 in salary based on the number of games in the season instead of the number of days.
Ovechkin was suspended for two games on December 1 for a knee-to-knee hit on Carolina defenseman Tim Gleason.
Ovechkin will miss games at Florida and at Carolina. He can return on Saturday at Tampa Bay.
"We have no problem with the way Alex tried to finish his check," Capitals general manager George McPhee said in a statement. "Unfortunately, an injury resulted. We are disappointed with the suspension but do not want to comment further."
Campbell injured
Campbell stayed down for several minutes before he was able to leave the ice with a trainer at his side and then headed to the locker room. He did not return to the game.
Campbell, out with what the team is calling an upper-body injury, will miss the team's three-game road trip this week that starts tonight in Anaheim, California. He is a key defenseman for the Blackhawks, who are second overall in the Western Conference two points behind San Jose.
Campbell has seven goals and 31 assists on the season.
"Brian Campbell is one of the best skaters in the National Hockey League," Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau said in an interview with the team's Website. "If he thought danger was coming, and he saw Alex right behind him, he would have moved. I think he was trying to spin away and the spin didn't work, and he got caught in the ice and he fell into the boards.
"That's me, and a lot of people are going to bash that thought. But that's my opinion."
The Capitals said Ovechkin missed practice on Monday because he had to be on the telephone with Colin Campbell, the NHL's director of hockey operations, to discuss the hit.
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