sports.yahoo.com - 12/3/2008
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As you all know, Sean Avery has been suspended indefinitely by the NHL for having a sense of humor. There's no telling how long the suspension will be, pending his meeting with Gary Bettman. Had he purposefully hit an opponent from behind, driving his head into the boards and injuring him, it ...
sports.yahoo.com - 12/3/2008
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sports.yahoo.com —
As the Dallas Stars visit the Calgary Flames
tonight, the Canadian media had been hoping and praying...
for some sort of nasty fallout from Sean Avery 's comments to ESPN about Jarome Iginla being a player "no one cares about." Well, Iginla ...
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Avery makes 'sloppy seconds' crack in Calgary, faces ...
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Sean Avery's 'Sloppy Seconds' Suspension Raises New Punishment Questions for the NHL
The Sporting Blog —
... Acting with breathtaking speed, it only took a couple of hours for the league to suspend Avery indefinitely, an action that met with the approval of everyone in Dallas. Since the announcement, head coach Dave Tippett to co-GM Brett Hull and owner Tom Hicks have all issued statements signaling their approval.
Avery will now wait for a call from NHL HQ in New York, when he'll find out when he's scheduled to appear before the commissioner, or whoever else is going to be detailed with making an example out of him.
Which leads to ...
The Morning Skate: The Self-Destruction of Sean Avery
Slap Shot —
... behind, Avery should be upbraided. “I’m guessing that N.H.L. commissioner Gary Bettman’s not a big believer in the old saw, ’sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me,’” he wrote. “If Avery gets more than a single game suspension out of this, the N.H.L.P.A. should call the league out on the carpet for prioritizing PR above player safety.” And Greg Wyshynski, editor of Yahoo’s excellent Puck Daddy blog, wrote numerous posts about it yesterday ( here , here and especially here ). He embedded video of Avery’s unprompted statement and ...
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Dallas Stars forward Sean Avery, famous for being a colossal dick on the ice, added to his infamy off of it with his comments regarding his ex-girlfriends and other NHL players (past flames Elisha Cuthbert and Rachel Hunter are now with the ...
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NY Post: Sports 12/3/2008
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has summoned Sean Avery to New York for a hearing Thursday on remarks that resulted in the indefinite suspension of the Dallas Stars' instigator. Bettman disciplined Avery on Tuesday for making "inappropriate public...
