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Stars Center Warren Peters Suspended For Friday’s Game Five

Ben Ellis — Fri, 07 May 2010 18:06:39 +0000

The Texas Stars announced that the AHL has suspended center Warren Peters for one game because of a boarding major he took in Game Four on Wednesday night.

You can see the hit here, just under halfway through the clip. It’s a pretty blatant boarding penalty, and not a big surprise that the league acted to hand out additional time on it.

Also out for Game Five is Stars’ defenseman Garrett Stafford who is serving the final game of a three-game suspension for an elbowing incident in Game Two of the Stars’ Division Final series.

The press release from the league is below:

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that Texas Stars center Warren Peters has been suspended for one (1) game as a result of his actions in a game vs. Chicago on May 5.

Peters was suspended under the provisions of AHL Rule 29.1 (supplementary discipline).

Peters will miss Game 5 (tonight) of the West Division Final playoff series between the teams.

Texas Stars Defenseman Garrett Stafford Suspended Three Games

Ben Ellis — Tue, 04 May 2010 05:06:31 +0000

The AHL handed down a suspension on Monday to Texas Stars defenseman Garrett Stafford for an elbow incident in Game Two of the Stars’ Division Final series. Stafford will be out for all of the Stars’ home games in this series, starting on Tuesday. He will be eligible to return if the series goes to a sixth game. Consensus seems to be that Ethan Graham will be Stafford’s replacement for the suspension. Here is the press release from the league:

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that Texas Stars defenseman Garrett Stafford has been suspended for three (3) games as a result of his actions in a game at Chicago on May 2.

Stafford was suspended under the provisions of AHL Rule 29.1 (supplementary discipline).

Stafford will miss Game 3 (Tuesday), Game 4 (Wednesday) and Game 5 (Friday) of the West Division Final playoff series between the teams.

Idaho’s Mark McCutcheon Suspended and Fined

Ben Ellis — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:45:41 +0000

The ECHL handed down a two-game suspension and a fine to Idaho Steelheads forward Mark McCutcheon for an illegal hit in last Friday’s game against the Bakersfield Condors. McCutcheon sat out of Saturday’s game against the Condors, and will be out on March 10th when the Steelheads face the Victoria Salmon Kings. Please read on for the league’s press release about the matter:

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PRINCETON, N.J. – The ECHL announced that Idaho forward Mark McCutcheon has been suspended for two games and fined an undisclosed amount as a result of his actions in ECHL Game #570 against Bakersfield on March 5.

McCutcheon was assessed a Game Misconduct for checking from behind at 13:56 of the second period.

McCutcheon is suspended and fined under Rule #29 – Supplemental Discipline.

Under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the ECHL and the Professional Hockey Players’ Association, player fines collected by the ECHL are given to the PHPA for its ECHL Player’s Hardship Fund.

McCutcheon missed Idaho’s game against Bakersfield on March 6 and will miss the Steelheads game at Victoria on March 10.

Bucks’ Monych Leaves Team to Play Overseas

Ben Ellis — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:25:48 +0000

Lance Monych

Lance Monych of the Laredo Bucks has left the team to play overseas for the rest of the season. His departure from the team is a bit of a surprise, and no further information has been given as to why he chose to leave so abruptly, leaving fans and teammates to speculate. I won’t venture any guesses, but it certainly was a bit of a surprise to hear. The Bucks have placed Monych on team suspension for the remainder of the season. There are some stats and a little more info to be gleaned from the press release the team issued below:

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LAREDO, TX - The Laredo Bucks of the Central Hockey League announced Wednesday that Lance Monych has left the team to play overseas for the rest of the 2009-10 season. As a result the Bucks have placed Monych on team suspension for the rest of the season.

The 25-year-old Monych put up 20 points (10-10=20) in 25 games for the Bucks this season and had a minus one rating.

Monych started the season by scoring points in the Bucks first six games (4-5=9) and then went scoreless in Laredo’s next seven games. Monych was placed on the 14-day IR and missed seven games from November 28th-December 8th. He returned on December 11th and scored a point in six of his last 10 games with the team.

Monych has been placed on team suspension immediately and has already left Laredo.