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• Sabres' Patrick Kaleta suspended 5 games for cross-check on Brad Richards

  Monday by the NHL and fined $76,219.25 for slamming Richards into the boards headfirst. NHL vice president of player safety Brendan Shanahan made the decision after an afternoon telephone hearing."Kaleta was in full control of the play," Shanahan, the former   Read more »

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• Sharks' Raffi Torres suspended for rest of series against Kings for hit to head

  a violent hit. Stoll's head snapped back violently before he fell forward onto the ice. In an explanatory video released by Brendan Shanahan, the NHL's senior vice-president of player safety, he said Stoll's head was "the principal point of contact" in the   from National Hockey league | NHL.com Read more »

• Sharks GM Doug Wilson calls Raffi Torres suspension 'grossly unfair'

  not meet the criteria for punishment under Rule 48.1, the passage cited by NHL disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan in suspending Torres. acknowledged that the head was not targeted and nowhere in the NHL's ruling does it insinuate or suggest that the opponent's   from Contra Costa Times Read more »

• Nothing coming from Torres today, but Gomez acknowledges suspension becomes rallying point

  entire series might prove inaccurate. And he offered his two cents on the ruling by NHL disciplinarian (and former player) Brendan Shanahan. “I used to love the way Brendan Shanahan played,” Burish said. “He made those kind of hits when he played. That’s the   from Working the Corners, San Jose Sharks Blog Read more »

• Brendan Shanahan and the NHL’s inconsistency on repeat offenders (Trending Topics)

  issue was (and is, I suppose) that there is little to no transparency about it. I remember it wasn't so long ago that Brendan Shanahan vowed to occasionally release videos explaining why certain controversial hits or incidents did not result in any supplementary   from Yahoo! Sports  Read more »

• Rap sheet and rep led to Torres suspension

  along with his hall-of-shame-worthy rap sheet. At least, the old Torres would have brought both. Who knows what kind of imprint Brendan Shanahanâs boot has left on Torresâs game after suspending him for the rest of the second round for a hit many around the   from The Province Daily News  Read more »