The Morning Skate: N.H.L. Ducks on Head Shots
slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com 29 days ago — The Flyers' Mike Richards escaped suspension after his hit to the head of the Panthers' David Booth put the Florida forward in the hospital.

Link hits: Busy weekend for off-ice officiating, Pens PP needs to improve, praise for Matt Cooke
pensburgh.com 10/26/2009 — More photos » by Pablo Martinez Monsivais - AP Browse more photos » Tough decisions this past weekend for a lot of the NHL's off-ice officiating crew.  And by that I mean, judging what is a legal ...

Hits by Richards and Scuderi Suspendable or Not?
rinkrap.blogspot.com 30 days ago — Frightening scene in Philly on Saturday where David Booth of the Panthers was laid out on a hit by Flyers captain Mike Richards. Any time you see a player motionless on the ice and then being taken off, immobilized on a stretcher, it give you ...

It’s Curtains for Booth
slanchreport.com 10/26/2009 — Have you ever taken a shoulder to the face from a hard-skating very large man that knocks you completely unconscious? Me either. I’d like to keep it that way. David Booth of the Florida Panthers might have been able to say he too had never experienced that, until Saturday that is. Booth ...

Caps 3, Islanders 2
voices.washingtonpost.com 10/26/2009 — Terrible defensive effort. A lot of mite-like chasing of the puck in their own end. But, a win is a win. I looked at both the Richards hit and the Ruutu hit. The Richards ht was late and high. Booth looked like he lost consciousness instantly. Ugly. ...

Facing Off: Mike Richards and Tuomo Ruutu
dailyfaceoff.com 10/26/2009 — There was a couple of hits this weekend that resulted in serious injury. Tuomo Ruutu was suspended three games for his hit from behind on Darcy Tucker, while Mike Richards escaped punishment for his open ice hit on David Booth. Let’s get the panels reaction. If you didn’t see the ...

Hits to the Head (and all the headaches that come with making rules about them)
cyclelikesedins.blogspot.com 27 days ago — Part 1 You may not recall this, but the original concept of CLS focused on dissecting the NHL's biggest issues in a round table format. Instead, the blog morphed into something that is often much better. Still, though, now that the blog features two brainy contributors in Joe and Chris ...

Flyers' Richards spared suspension
philly.com 10/26/2009 — The NHL's decision yesterday not to suspend Flyers captain Mike Richards for a jarring open-ice hit on Florida's David Booth was greeted with disappointment by those connected to the Panthers. But the decision has been made and "we've got to move on," ...

XM Satellite Radio Canada
nhlhomeice.com 30 days ago — Hits and Sh*ts by Terry Mercury Okay let's do this the way the league does it...and take each of the last five controversial hits over the last while incident-by-incident. Let's start with the Mike Richards-David Booth hit. David Booth comes through ...

Debate: Mike Richards Hit on David Booth
viewfrommyseats.com 10/25/2009 — We’ll find out today or tomorrow if Colin Campbell plans to suspend Flyers captain Mike Richards for this hit on David Booth. Do you think this was a clean hit? Dirty? Do you think it makes a difference that David Booth spent the night in the hospital for observation? Take a look at the hit ...

Stars forward Ott suspended 2 games — FOXSports.com News for NHL 30 days ago
Dallas Stars forward Steve Ott has been suspended two games for a low hit on St. Louis Blues defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo. The NHL announced the suspension Tuesday. The hit occurred midway through the second period in the Stars' 4-1 victory on ...

Stars Forward Ott Suspended 2 Games — NYT > Hockey 30 days ago
TORONTO (AP) -- Dallas Stars forward Steve Ott has been suspended two games for a low hit on St. Louis Blues defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo.

Stars' Ott gets two-game suspension for low hit — SI.com - NHL 30 days ago
TORONTO (AP) -- Dallas Stars forward Steve Ott has been suspended two games for a low hit on St. Louis Blues defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo.

Foligno, Ruutu lead Sens past Panthers (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - NHL News 28 days ago
Nick Foligno and Jarkko Ruutu scored in a 38-second span late in the second period to help the Ottawa Senators beat the Florida Panthers 4-3 on Wednesday night. Mike Fisher and Daniel Alfredsson also scored, and denfenseman Filip Kuba added two ...

Foligno, Ruutu score in second, lead Senators to 4-3 win over Panthers — NHL.com News in English 28 days ago
SUNRISE, Fla. - Nick Foligno and Jarkko Ruutu scored in a 38-second span late in the second period to help the Ottawa Senators beat the Florida Panthers 4-3 on Wednesday night. Mike Fisher and Daniel Alfredsson also scored, and denfencema...