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Georges Laraque receives a 5 game suspension for this scummy shift
By admin | November 24, 2009
Per NHL.com:
The National Hockey League announced on Monday night that Montreal Canadiens forward Georges Laraque has been suspended for five games without pay, and will forfeit $38,860.10 in salary for an incident that took place during a game against the Detroit Red Wings last Saturday.
At 8:52 of the first period, Laraque was involved in an incident where he deliberately extended his knee and, through his actions, caused an injury to Detroit defenseman Niklas Kronwall. Laraque was assessed a minor penalty for tripping on the play.
“Mr. Laraque’s actions were dangerous and caused a significant injury to his opponent,” said NHL Senior Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations Colin Campbell.
Laraque will miss Montreal’s next five games – Nov. 24 against Columbus; Nov. 25 at Pittsburgh; Nov. 28 against Washington, Dec. 1 against Toronto and Dec. 3 at Buffalo. He will be eligible to return on Dec. 4 against the Boston Bruins.
Topics: Georges Laraque, Montreal Canadiens, NHL |
November 24th, 2009 at 9:10 am
To make up for this obvious dirty play Georges Laraque is helping to raise money for charity. He and Ray Bourque are having an online raffle for 2 tickets to either the Bruins vs Canadiens in boston on Feb. 4th or the Bruins at Canadiens in Montreal on Feb. 7th. The winner gets to choose what game to go to and also the winner will be able to meet both players and recieve autographed Jerseys from both players. Tickets are only $2 each for more information or to purchase tickets visit https://www.celebritiesforcharity.org/raffles/bourque_laraque.cfm