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thestar.blogs.com - 11/10/2008
A Good Play Gone Bad
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Unless you want to change the rules, there's not much that could have been changed about the hit on Mike Van Ryn on Saturday night. Van Ryn was doing his job, trying to make the toughest, most courageous play in...
Mike Van Ryn Can't Win For Trying
deuceofdavenport.com - 11/10/2008
Mike Van Ryn Can't Win For Trying
— deuceofdavenport.com — We're not gonna lie. It's been a shitty couple of weeks for the Maple Leafs' Mike Van... Ryn. First he was helped through some glass on October 23rd. Relive the good times! Van Ryn was probably thinking it couldn't get much worse than that. Wrong. The Habs' Tom Kostopoulous was jealous of ... (more) Mike Van Ryn Can't Win For Trying

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tsn.ca - 11/10/2008
NHL suspends Canadiens' Kostopoulos for hit on Van Ryn
— tsn.ca — The NHL has suspended Montreal Canadiens forward Tom Kostopoulos three games on Monday for a hit on... Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Mike Van Ryn on Saturday night. Kostopoulos knocked Van Ryn into the boards from behind in the first period of the ... (more) NHL suspends Canadiens' Kostopoulos for hit on Van Ryn

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Van Ryn sent to hospital after 'dirty hit'
globesports.com - 11/9/2008
Van Ryn sent to hospital after 'dirty hit'
— globesports.com — Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Mike Van Ryn was hospitalized with a concussion, a gash on his forehead,... a broken nose and a broken left pinky after being rammed into the end boards by Montreal Canadiens forward Tom Kostopoulos in the first period on ... (more) Van Ryn sent to hospital after 'dirty hit'

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KK Hockey:  Both Players Made The Right Play

Habs Inside/Out:  Press review

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Both Players Made The Right Play
KK Hockey — ... tell me about the “tough guys” of the games, the guys who scrap. Tell me about the Van Ryns who make that play night after night. Those are the tough guys. Those are the players you need more of to make a tough hockey team. So Van Ryn was making the right play. So too was Tom Kostopoulos, a 29-year-old winger from Mississauga who isn’t in the league to be fancy and score but to skate hard, finish his check and be a grinding forward. continued In case you missed the hit, you can see it here… ...

Press review
Habs Inside/Out — • In the Globe and mail, David Shoalts says Tom Kostopoulos should be punished for carelessness • Mike Van Ryn will be examined by former Montrealer Karen Johnston, a concussion expert  • In the Toronto Star, Damien Cox writes both players were doing their jobs  •  In La Presse, François Gagnon on the Canadiens' lack of discipline and poor work ethic • In the Journal de Montréal, Marc De Foy looks at the season to date  • Scott Burnside on the underachieving Canadiens • SI's Allan Muir ...

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