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Mike Green and Donald Brashear will be suspended for Game 7 at the Verizon Center, according to reports from the Washington Post, as reported moments ago on ESPN’s SportsCenter. However I can’t find any information related to this on the Post’s website. I assume they are still working on the report. Brashear was involved in a huge hit of Blair Betts at center ice in Sunday afternoon’s contest. There were also allegations that Shaone Morrisonn bit Rangers center Brandon Dubinsky. Maybe it was really Green? I guess we’ll soon find out. This article will be updated once more details are available. However as of writing this, I cannot find any confirmation from NHL.com or TSN.ca concerning a Donald Brashear or Mike Green suspension being handed down. So considering the lone source of ESPN at the moment, take this with a grain of salt.
More, including ESPN’s retraction, and then a retraction of the retraction, after the jump.
TSN does report :
Washington Capitals forward Donald Brashear has a 1pm et hearing with the National Hockey League to discuss his actions in Game 6 against the New York Rangers. Brashear will face supplemental discipline for both his exchange with New York’s Colton Orr in the warm-up prior to the game and his late hit on Rangers forward Blair Betts in the first period.
** UPDATE : ESPN just retracted on SportsCenter, stating that Mike Green and Donald Brashear have not been suspended, yet. However they both now have a hearing at 1pm today. This is according to ESPN’s Pierre LeBrun. They also quoted George Mcphee, whose phone must have rung off the hook after to the previous report. The biting incident with Shaone Morrissonn is alleged to have happened after Dubinsky boarded Green, so Green would have been on the ice, and involved in that scrum. Is it possible that he bit an opposing player?
I am fairly certain this isn’t the worst bit of misreporting that the World Wide Leader has ever had, but its pretty big. Green is a Norris candidate, and one of the best young players in the league. To report that he will be suspended for a Game 7 in the playoffs, and then to later retract is a pretty big error. At the moment it isn’t even clear that they have the right player. There is some speculation that they really meant Shaone Morrissonn, unless having a bad haircut is a suspendable offense. We’ll keep on this story, and report again this afternoon on the results of the hearings. In other news, the Capitals are dominating the series, and the Rangers are doing more whining than winning.
**UPDATE #2 : ESPN has now retracted their retraction, stating that Mike Green is NOT under consideration for suspension, nor is Shaone Morrissonn. The only player to have a hearing today at 1PM will be Donald Brashear. ESPN states that Brashear’s hit on Betts is the reason for possible suspension, while Capitals Insider reports that it is actually the pregame incident that is under review. Seriously ESPN, why do you even try to report on the NHL?
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As a Bruins fan…Sam you’re an idiot and a coward. The hit was late, high and dirty. Lucic got suspended for less. It deserves a 1 game suspension and then the series is over. I hate to see it happen as it will probably end Betts’ career. Seeing Patrice Bergeron go through the same thing I can say that the penalties they give are ridiculously subjective. I just wish there was a specific written set of guidelines that they posted, because no one seems to play by the same rules and if you have a superstar on your team you’re golden. Ove is a huge diver and is dirty player, but he can shoot 50 pucks at the net a night and get 2 goals a game so he is immune, same thing with Crosby. NY has no superstars so it has to be reviewed…
“49. Joe Says:
I think you’re confusing the Capitals with a franchise that people care about.”
Hmmm… I think 18,000 plus people in red screaming tomorrow night will beg to differ about this statement.
SAM,
Besides licking my balls like your mom does when I deep throat her, you can also kiss my ass! Looks like 1 person is man enough to have a picture up… and this guy right here has been going to caps games for 20 years.
Brash hit him within 1 second of Betts having the puck… and too bad he didn’t hit him hard enough so that some of their fans could feel it too. Maybe the next guy he de-skates can get it a little rougher!
Signed,
YOUR DADDY!
oh and Sam, #11, #14, #15, #19, etc.
You seem to make mention of sticking things in the “heinie” an awful lot…. I think your message that you are trying to get across is loud and clear buddy. Whatever floats your boat!
I have to admit that fan support had been lackluster up until a few years ago. However, after being a fan since the mid to late seventies with ownership that didn’t understand or really care about Hockey fans and having a region that wasn’t conducive to Hockey coverage it’s twice as difficult to generate any real support.
Thats all changed now. Next season has sold out 2/3rds+ of the available seats. People are talking about it but face it, Hockey is a niche sport and will never garner the coverage the other major sports do.
It’s difficult for the lay person to understand and more amazing when the knuckle dragging Rags fans that show up here. They’re hurt and ashamed their “king” Hank has had his defenses breached now and the flood gates have opened. Hell, he’s been benched twice this series. That bodes well for a certain other team.
What makes me laugh the most is the constant whining from Tortellini during this series. Whining about the legality of faceoffs? Here’s a protip Torts; Hire some players that can win faceoffs.
I still predict it will be a hard hitting game and if Brashear isn’t suspended he will take a great deal of flack from the frustrated Rags team when it would be better spent going after the best player in Hockey today, Ovechkin. Caps win tomorrow, 4-1.
Dupa,
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thanks IPDaily
“Looks like 1 person is man enough to have a picture up… and this guy right here has been going to caps games for 20 years.”
Dupa, Now that I have your girl as my profile pic…..am I a man?
The only time I’ve seen fans in the Verizon (MCI) center in the last 10 years is when the CAPS are winning. DC/Baltimore is a very fair weather fanbase except for the perennial “next year is our year” fans of the Redskins.
Although I do like the fact that I could get good seats more easily in the past it is nice to go to a game and see fans there before midway through the 2nd.
a thought on this:
Maybe this is because the population base has a big turnover every 4 to 8 years.
Wow, I can’t believe that nobody is commenting on how terrible of a person that guy Jeff is. Who the hell uses the N-word? What a dumb piece of white trash Jeff must be. Go suck on Avery’s dirty d*ck you toothless honky f*ck.
By the way, if they find out that Dubinsky was lying about getting bit by Morrisonn (which looks like is the case), he should get a huge suspension. Dubinksy is a piece of crap, and he’s merely an average player who cries too much when he doesn’t get his way.
Agreed this racist speech is absolutely deplorable and he should be banned from this forum.
Didn’t know the Caps were BITERS!
GO RANGERS
This just in Caps sign Mike Tyson to one game contract to cover for suspended Brashear. Rangers guard your ears.
Nate,
We all know Dubinsky can Eat a Wang. No one was sure he was getting a misconduct yesterday but I knew he was pissed when he slammed his helmet to the ground leaving the ice. I can’t find any reference to contracting Tetanus from a bite.
As for the clown dropping the “N” word, just ignore him and he will go away.
Anyone who even tries to compare a hit on Betts to a hit on Ovie is clearly crazy! The Rangers would kill to have a real power scoring forward – your penalty killer got hurt, which may be sad for you since you spend so much time in the box.
The whining out of New York astounds me since I listen to the Ranger fans being foul and rude in the VC every time they are here. So it seems to me that you all dish it out, but you can’t take it.
Brash should be suspended – agreed. The NHL will do what it needs to and then the series will continue hot and crazy tomorrow night. It is anyone’s game – I love playoff hockey!
IPDaily,
I agree. “N” word guy ain’t worth the pixels.
The whole “tetanus shot” deal is a load of crap. The Rangers sure do complain a lot. They’re starting to remind me of Sidney Crosby.
Brashear is a FILTHY APE that belongs in the zoo. 100% he doesn’t do anything if Orr dresses for the game – proves how much of a bitch he is too by pulling it when he knows he won’t be around to get his shit pushed in game 7.
I hope someone on NYR takes their stick like a bat to OV’s grill and ends his career, then maybe Tort’s can say “hey it seemed clean when we watched it in between periods”
Oh and tell Brashear Wizards try outs are next month…
Wow, I hope you Rangers fans are happy. This will be the only way you get your way this postseason.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=420354
I hope it feels good getting jacked off by your buddy Colin Campbell.
Colton the “Great”,
Wow, you really are a worthless piece of crap, aren’t you? It takes a special kind of coward to say racist things on an internet forum. I’m sure you’re so proud of yourself.
I hope the Caps win, and I hope your alcoholic father takes it out on you.
Nate,
Hahha you’re a joke – A) Campbell HATES the rangers for how they got rid of him and for the whole website thing.
and B) No, I think it takes a coward to blast a 4th line center with an elbow when he’s not looking since you have no athletic ability whatsoever.
Oh and I wish I had an alcoholic father – would have a lot more in common
Enjoy rooting with the other bush league fans down there with your bush league fat boy coach and bush leage APES for players…
Colton the “Lesser”
You are the type of fan everyone hates – any team, any city. You are a big man behind a computer – probably couldn’t last 5 minutes in one period of a hockey game with real men.
As for the 6 game suspension – I think that is BS. 1 game for the pre-game contact, fine, but 5 more for the hit? Colin is being a total douchebag and letting the whining from NY get to him. Betts needs to pick his head up and pay attention, this isn’t jr hockey! 3 games at most should have been the punishment. Hell – Avery punched our goal and got nothing. Looks like the Rangers can’t call “favoritism” for the Caps the reason for their woes.
Wow Cat…you got me…
I mean all the caps fans here who talk badly about NYR are stand up individuals who have never played hockey and hide behind their comps too then, just like you! Glad to see that worked itself out…
Brashear deserved more than 6 as this isn’t the first incident and league rules state that that’s to be considered when handing out a suspension.
And CLEARLY you have never played hockey because there’s a difference between picking your head up and watching the puck since he got rid of it a good 15 seconds before he got hit you moron.
Avery retaliated for Erskine pretending to be tough yet again – and also Avery at least tries to throw off skilled players, not intend to injure 4th line penalty killers. Avery has never once gotten an intent to injure suspension, and also was a hair away from getting tossed from the league just for making comments!
And listen to your fellow caps fans above when they say it’s pretty clear that the NHL wants OV as far into the playoffs as possible. I would to if I ran the business but I wouldn’t pretend it wasn’t true you clown
Oh and also – series is tied 3-3
So the caps “woes” are the same as the Rangers so keep pretending like you have everything all locked up – you’ll get a repeat performance of your team last year
Cat,
You are awesome! Keep it up!
Colton the Chump,
You wish you had any of our young and awesome players. Seriously, for being fans of a team that features Sean Avery (and I actually like Avery most of the time), you Rangers fans do not stop bitching when somebody cheap-shots one of your players. A one game suspension I can buy, but don’t penalize a guy 6 games because your lousy 4th line center has a glass face.
Do you know I was saying when the Caps were down 3-1? I wasn’t blaming the series on the refs, or the Rangers. I was wondering when the hell the Caps would wake up and play like they can.
You call our players bush league now, but you know damn well that if you suddenly got Mike Green, or Alex Ovechkin, or Nick Backstrom on your team, you’d embrace him just like you did with Gomez. Who wouldn’t? After all, any of the Cap’s 4 or 5 best players would instantly be the best skater on your team BY FAR. I’d be doing back flips if the Caps ever got King Henrik. He’s the ONLY reason you’re even in the series.
Stop being an ignorant turd with all that ape shit. I know you probably come from a long, proud line of dumb racists, but it’s just not cool. Your mother has spaghetti in her mustache.
By the way, I play ice hockey 3-4 times a week. Just because we’re in the DC/Baltimore area doesn’t mean we don’t know hockey.
Caps Fans…
The series is tied 3-3. You haven’t won anything yet. You STILL have to play the game. Just ask the 18-1 New England Patriots.
True, the game must be played. Hats off for a great series so far. You can’t ask for much more than this….By the way, that Giants Patriots Super Bowl was amazing! My favorite since the Giants beat the Bills in XXV.
Does anyone moderate these comments? (See comment #28.)
Anyone?,
I commented about that on comment 66 and 71. Blows my mind!
Of course I wish I had some of your young players – I mean granted that’s what happens when your franchise was a joke forever excluding the past 3 years – get a lot of good picks.
The hit 100% deserved at least 5 games which is what he got – 1 game for pre-game incident. If you don’t hit him with at least 5 games he’ll just keep doing it, and that’s when people like McSorley have to blast him in the head with their stick. if they don’t police the game the players will and more of this will happen.
No one in NY even likes Gomez so good analogy – the guy is forever a devil. And I would take 3 or 4 rangers over backstrom (not OV or Green)
NYR wouldn’t come close to the playoffs with Hank let alone be in the series that’s pretty obvious.
And Brashear is absolutely an APE that doesn’t belong in the league because he has no ability whatsoever it’s an embarrassment. Guy has 4 points with a minus 6 rating and you guys are crying because he’s not playing – probably a blessing in disguise for you
And congrats I didn’t know the DC gay and lesbian club had a hockey team sweet man
Wow, a racist and a homophobe. I’ll bet I can guess what political party you’re affiliated with.
The reason you don’t like Gomez has nothing to do with him being a former Devil. I’m talking about you specifically here. You just don’t like the color of his skin.
The Caps have done a great job re-building the franchise over the past few years. Just a glance at their AHL team shows how deep they are, and how bright the future is for them. I went to two Hershey Bears games this season, and they won by a combined score of 17-1. They are destroying everyone they play. It’s a great time to be a Caps fan, regardless of what happens this season.
I still think it’s tough to win in the playoffs when all of your best players are under 24 years old, but in a few years, they will certainly be the team to beat.
You still haven’t said anything about whether or not you play ice hockey. I’m assuming the answer is a big fat “NO”.
Yup, she’s a cougar
Nate,
You just have to ignore those comments. Shouldn’t be made and is in no way a reflection of Ranger fans. Not even worth acknowledging.
I hear you “letsgorangers”. Probably not a reflection of a certain political party either, so that was unfair for me to say.
I hate to focus on it, I just think it’s unnecessary.
Although I can’t do this for the rest of the day like yourself I’ll respond 1 last time – A) the caps will 100% win a cup within the next 5 years and I agree that they have done a great job building the franchise B) I’m a democrat just hate brashear because he’s a joke C) skin color has nothing to do with it scott gomez will always be a devil – the guy scores more empty net goals than anyone in the league and has had only 1 20+ goal season in his “illustrious” career.
And yes I do play hockey still although that really isn’t relevant given the topic – especially how many times I play a week
Good for you! Now go play World of Warcraft!
BTW, I agree about Gomez. He is overrated.
Brash is one of the most skilled goons in the league. He’s just not the most agile guy out there.
Also, you were the one who made playing hockey a relevant issue. You kept saying that we’ve never played hockey and whatnot.
The childish lashing out about the old franchise is so relevent it made me pause in my response – NOT! Look at the Rangers stats – they have had their “down” years, they have simply been around longer than DC so they have had a chance to have more “up” swings. What we “were” is not what we are! I am not a fairweather fan, they have my support whether they suck or whether they finally bring home a Cup. We have a team that is being grown with every game, every playoff series and with every moment of time Boudreau invests in these boys. He will make them the next big thing – in some ways he already has.
Anyone who makes racist nasty comments for shock value has no value as far as I am concerned. Coming at the world on a blog with a vicious tongue makes others just think you are the moron – not me. I am all for the back-and-forth of blog rumblings as long as there is something worth challenging one another with. I love it – it educates, challenges and provides different points of view. I welcome the challenge – but apparently don’t have the sense of mind to let it go when someone takes it too far. Fair enough shame on me…
At the end of the day – if Avery had done this the Rangers would be celebrating in the street! Hell fans threw coins and LED bulbs on the ice during a game in NY and could have greatly injured any player including Rangers. I am not saying all Caps fans are great, not all people are great – but the Rangers outright, holier-than-thou attitude shows that they think they are better than us. F that!
Nate – I brought up the playing hockey vs. not playing hockey because I believe only a small, insecure, inconsequential person would think it is fun to post racist ignorant comments. I think “the Lesser” would cave under the pressure of being on the ice with real hockey players instead of being behind his computer with a smart mouth and a bad attitude. Hell – I am a girl who would crumple under a hit from the weakest NHL player, I have respect for what they do and I have brains enough to know that the “sin bin” wasn’t created because everyone is “nice” in hockey. There would be no need for suspensions if Brash is the only naughty player on the ice.
I see the local Klan academy let out in NY today and a few children came running to post.
Brash got 6 games. So be it. They won with him and they won without him. The complete and utter domination of the Rags in game 5 and 6 without Donald’s rather lackluster and ineffective play states rather clearly they don’t need him to win.
The ignorance shared amongst some of the more vocal Rags fans really demonstrates the sordid state of their local school systems. It’s nothing to be proud of, really.
Domination will end the Rags’ season tomorrow night, 4-1.
do we know which orbital bone was broken?
IPDaily wrote on Post #66: “We all know Dubinsky can Eat a Wang.”
And you are talking about Rangers fans ignorance? If you read more of the posts above there were many “vocal” Rangers fans posting constructive points about relevant topics.
There are ignorant people everywhere. And if you want to play the “reverse” game… Had Brashear been on the Rangers and a 5 minute major penalty was missed, knocking out a key Cap I am sure this post would have had its share of posts from ignorant caps fans.
letsgorangers Says:
IPDaily wrote on Post #66: “We all know Dubinsky can Eat a Wang.”
And you are talking about Rangers fans ignorance? If you read more of the posts above there were many “vocal” Rangers fans posting constructive points about relevant topics.
There are ignorant people everywhere. And if you want to play the “reverse” game… Had Brashear been on the Rangers and a 5 minute major penalty was missed, knocking out a key Cap I am sure this post would have had its share of posts from ignorant caps fans.”
Actually that argument is irrelevant to this and yes I was referring to ignorant Rags fans.
We aren’t reversing roles here. As for the ignorant people, again, yes there are ignorant people everywhere but as I said before I’m not comparing them to other fans.
I will say this, lets hope Avery plays tonight. His lack of discipline as well as Tortellini’s should bode well for the caps.
As for the Brashear suspension it was over the top and meant to make an example of him. I wonder if Dubinsky’s boo boo has healed.
Look for ugliness from the Rags if they’re down a bit near the end of the game. Given their track record of incessant whining and crying this entire series I wouldn’t put it past them to continue their head hunting as they prepare for Golf season.
I think its pretty sad that all of you are going back and forth lashing out with stabs back and forth at each other, ok fine so you’re teams are playing in the playoffs, cheer for them and stop acting like little freaking kids talking about each other.
I’ve been a Caps fan for years, but I’m sad to say with the way all of you are acting I’d hate to claim any of you as fans for my team NY or Caps……no reason to act like little kids. Enjoy the fact that your team was great enough to make it this far….grow up!
HEY LETSGORANGERS !!!
HAVE WE WON ANYTHING YET NOW??? LMAO! ENJOY THE OFF SEASON!!!!!!!