Targeting the head? Check.
Unsuspecting player? Check.
Leaving his feet to deliver the hit? Check.
Injury on the play? Check.
Littered disciplinary history? You betcha, check.
Brendan Shanahan and the Department of Player Safety getting a punishment right during the playoffs? CHECK!
For the first time this postseason, Mr. Shanahan has finally made the right call. The NHL Department of Player Safety announced earlier today that Coyotes' Raffi Torres will serve a 25-game suspension for his hit on Chicago's Marian Hossa.
The vicious hit, which game midway through the first period of Game 3, went un-penalized by both on-ice officials.
Since we like to have a good time here at The Scratches, we decided we would compile a list of day jobs that Mr. Torres can enlist himself in over the next few months to pass the time. Well, to pass the time and help recoup the $21,341 he'll forfeit for each regular season game he misses next year--assuming the Coyotes don't play th...
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April 19, 2012
