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New York Islanders forward Pascal Morency has been suspended indefinitely after leaving the bench to start a fight with Calgary defenseman Dion Phaneuf.
The NHL announced the suspension Friday. No date for a hearing has been set.
Phaneuf's hit knocked out Islanders forward Kyle Okposo in the second period of the Flames' 5-4 shootout victory Thursday night in an exhibition game.
Morency jumped off the bench and charged Phaneuf, starting a brawl that included New York goalie Martin Biron.
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September 18, 2009
Dion Phaneuf's open-ice wallop on Kyle Okposo(notes) of the New York Islanders last night has sparked another passionate debate about the legality and morality of such a hit; but it also expanded the argument into one about what, exactly, preseason hockey should look like (or whether it should exist at all).We pointed to Two-Line's coverage of the hit in last night's...
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September 18, 2009
by Adam GretzFiled under: Flames, Islanders, NHL Fans, NHL VideosOne of the initial reactions that's been floating around in the wake of Dion Phaneuf's crushing hit on Kyle Okposo Thursday night has been something along the lines of: what in the name of all that is holy was Dion Phaneuf doing dishing out a hit like that in a preseason game? The NHL FanHouse staff instantly...
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September 18, 2009
This is the hit that everyone has been talking about since last night. I looked at the hit a few times and the appears to be clean but kind of questionable, I think the hit is in the grey area, one could make the argument that it was a head shot, it does appear from the video that Phaneuf lead with his elbow when he hit Okposo. Now on the other end of the hit, Kyle Okposo...
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September 18, 2009
New York Islanders forward Pascal Morency has been suspended indefinitely after leaving the bench to start a fight with Calgary defenseman Dion Phaneuf
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September 17, 2009
And no, this post has nothing to do with Sean Avery (shock). Earlier tonight, in a preseason game between the Calgary Flames and the New York Islanders, Dion Phaneuf clearly thought that a match ...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
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September 18, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) -New York Islanders forward Pascal Morency has been suspended indefinitely after leaving the bench to start a fight with Calgary defenseman Dion Phaneuf.
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September 18, 2009
I've watched "the hit" at least 10 times today.
My opinion:
Dion Phaneuf could have avoided blasting Kyle Okposo with his shoulder. Watch the play (above0, and you'll see Phaneuf's skates leave the ice. Thats a helluva whallop to deliver to Okposo's face.
Hight fives to young Morency and Marty Biron for wanting to exact a pound of flesh for...
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September 18, 2009
New York Islanders rookie Pascal Morency was suspended indefinitely by the NHL on Friday for leaving the bench to go after Calgary defenceman Dion Phaneuf during Thursday's pre-season game.
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September 18, 2009
from Vicki Hall of the Calgary Herald via the National Post,
Go ahead. Call Calgary Flames defenceman Dion Phaneuf a coward for refusing to drop the gloves in the aftermath of his vicious open-ice hit that sent New York Islanders forward Kyle Okposo to hospital.
Tell Phaneuf he violated the unwritten NHL code by declining the many challenges to fight from Okposo’s teammates...
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September 18, 2009
Last night’s Calgary-Islanders might have been the game of late 2008. It was like some kind of movie.
You had Dion Phaneuf’s massive open-ice hit on Islander Kyle Okposo (Okposo has a mild concussion).
The one bright spot for the Islanders was that Okposo’s teammates immediately came to his defense, attempting to fight Phaneuf the whole [...]
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September 18, 2009
from Katie Strang of Isles Files at Newsday,
Thankfully Kyle Okposo is OK. He has a mild concussion and was cleared by doctors to fly back with the team on the charter to Saskatoon.
Okposo was the victim of a vicious open-ice hit from Flames defenseman Dion Phaneuf. I’ve watched the replay several times, and if I were Okposo or his teammate I would not be happy. Phaneuf...
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