Hip Checks: Ott gets 2-game suspension, Scuderi fined by NHL

As Mike Heika pointed out yesterday, Steve Ott(notes) of the Dallas Stars is a repeat offender.He received a three-game suspension for hitting Jordan Leopold(notes) in the head, and he received a one-game suspension for gouging Travis Moen's(notes) eyes. Ott also was put on NHL Wheel of Discipline trial last season for charging Colin Campbell's son Gregory, but was exonerated. Combine that with being a pest, a miscreant and a well-loathed player in the League, and Ott is primetime suspension bait. Hence, this hip check on St. Louis Blues defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo(notes) from Saturday night has earned Ott a two-game suspension from the NHL after a phone hearing: The Stars indicated to Heika that the suspension would be for the Colaiacovo hit, but there was also the knee-on-knee against B.J. Crombeen in the same game. If it was the Colaiacovo hip-check that gave him the gate, the video tells the story: It was a late hit and Ott seemed to lift Colaiacovo up and over him like ...