Engelland suspended five games

[Jasmine]

NEW YORK -- Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Deryk Engelland has been suspended for five games, without pay, for an illegal check to the head of Detroit Red Wings forward Justin Abdelkader during NHL Game No. 491 in Detroit on Saturday, Dec. 14, the National Hockey League's Department of Player Safety announced today.

The incident occurred at 19:30 of the first period. Engelland was assessed a match penalty for an illegal check to the head.

Based on his average annual salary, Engelland will forfeit $14,529.90. The money goes to the Players' Emergency Assistance Fund.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=6966 ... l:topheads

[Josh]

Re: Engelland suspended five games

Video of the incident:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UMaoLIjKsE

[Matt the Aussie]

Re: Engelland suspended five games

Hard to argue with that.

[_13_]

Re: Engelland suspended five games

I agree with the suspension, but this is not as bad as it seems. I don't think there was any intent to injure because it seems that playing the puck was the first thing on Engellands mind and after that he went for the hit...you gotta remember all this happens in a fraction of a second and I think its more of an unfortunate incident