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NHL should have let Flames punish Dallas Stars' Avery
NHL should have let Flames punish Dallas Stars' Avery
NHL suspends Avery indefinitely for comments, pending hearing
tsn.ca — The NHL has suspended Dallas Stars' forward Sean Avery indefinitely, pending a hearing with NHL Commissioner Gary... Bettman, and Avery will not be playing in tonight's game against the Calgary Flames. Avery is being suspended for disparaging remarks he ... (more) NHL suspends Avery indefinitely for comments, pending ...
 Dallas Stars forward Sean Avery suspended indefinitely
Dallas Stars forward Sean Avery suspended indefinitely
sports.espn.go.com — DALLAS -- The NHL suspended Dallas Stars forward Sean Avery indefinitely Tuesday for making a crude reference... to former girlfriends while talking with reporters. Avery's inflammatory comments came following a morning skate in Calgary, Alberta, where ... (more) Dallas Stars forward Sean Avery suspended indefinitely
Dallas owner: We would have suspended Avery anyway
Dallas owner: We would have suspended Avery anyway
sports.yahoo.com — 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 ... (more) Dallas owner: We would have suspended Avery anyway
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Sean Avery, What Do We Do?
hlog {Hockey's Ladies of Greatness} — ... Tim Cowlishaw of the Dallas Morning News disagrees with the suspension, saying that Bettman should have just let Phaneuf pound the snot out of Avery - and I agree. In 2004, Todd Bertuzzi was suspended indefinitely for the ...

NHL Morning Papers (Wednesday Edition): Reaction on the Avery comments/suspension, Luogno says he is ahead of schedule and Martin Havlat has been demoted to the third line in Chicago
IllegalCurve.com — ... , as the Stars defeated the Flames with what can only be labelled a makeshift line-up, writes Mike Heika.  Tim Cowlishaw thinks the NHL reacted too quickly to Avery’s comments and that the league should have let him play against the Flames last night and answer for his comments.  The Stars organization and players have ...

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sports.yahoo.com 12/4/2008 — The NHL has suspended Dallas Stars forward Sean Avery indefinitely pending a hearing with commissioner Gary Bettman. The league says the suspension was imposed Tuesday after Avery made "inappropriate public comments, not pertaining to the game." ...
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tsn.ca 12/2/2008 — It didn't take long for Sean Avery to stir things up in Calgary. One day after the Flames took the high road in answering questions about Avery, hockey's most out-spoken super-pest added his own brand of off-colour commentary, searching out the ...
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tsn.ca 12/5/2008 — The National Hockey League came down hard on Dallas Stars superpest Sean Avery Friday, handing him a six-game suspension for making inappropriate public comments prior to the Stars' game in Calgary on Tuesday. The move is retroactive to Tuesday's game ...
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Fabian Brunnstrom's breakaway goal at 7:53 of the second period stood up as the game-winner as the Dallas beat the Calgary Flames 3-1 Tuesday night hours after Stars forward Sean Avery was suspended by the NHL. Marty Turco played one of his best games ...
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Sean Avery is at it again,   Avery was in Calgary this afternoon getting ready for the tilt between the Dallas Stars and Calgary Flames when he decided to say a few words for the camera. "I am really happy to be back in Calgary, I ...