The NHL department of player safety Fran Tarkenton Authentic Jersey has suspended Columbus Blue Jackets center Brandon Dubinsky for one game for his cross check on Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby.The department of player safety made its ruling after a hearing Saturday. Dubinsky sat out Saturday night's 3-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues."We're not going to whine here," Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella said. "Pittsburgh can whine. Pittsburgh whines enough for the whole league, so there's no room for any other team to whine. So we just go about our business. We missed him. We missed him but you can't get involved in what happened in those type of situations."Crosby was hit in the back of the neck late in the Blue Jackets' 2-1 overtime win Friday night. He was slow getting to his skates and went to the locker room with 1:20 left in the second period. He returned for the third period and played the rest of the game.Dubinsky was assessed a minor penalty. He will lose $31,451.61 in pay through the suspension.http://www.officialgiantsnflproshop.com/Larry_Donnell_Jersey "I don't try to do anything dirty,'' Dubinsky said. "I felt my stick rode up his back a little bit. He's kind of bent over there in front. But again that's not really the type of player I am. I'm going to play hard but try and play fair and in between the whistle.''Penguins coach Mike Johnston wasn't thrilled when he got a second look at the play."He's just a great man, an awesome man," Fleury says of the guy known universally as E.J. "Since my first year here, he's always been checking up on me, saying hi, talking."It's not just the goalies who appreciate Johnston."That guy is special," says Bill Guerin, a former player and now a Pittsburgh assistant general manager. "You look at a guy like that and you see why the game is special. E.J. comes walking in the room, he's one of the guys. Guys gravitate toward him."http://www.seahawksshopnfl.com/Zach_Miller_Jersey Johnston, a Montreal native who gets a twinkle in his eye when he talks about hockey, was the last goalie to play every minute of every game in an NHL season, for the 1963-64 Boston Bruins. He later won two Stanley Cups as a Bruins backup and another in 2009 as a senior advisor with Pittsburgh.Between, Johnston coached in Chicago and in Pittsburgh (twice) and was general manager in Pittsburgh and Hartford. As Penguins GM, he drafted Hall of Fame center Mario Lemieux first overall in 1984. He has joked over the years that he should have gotten a Cup ring from Pittsburgh in 1991 when, as Whalers GM, he sent Ron Francis, Ulf Samuelsson and Grant Jennings to the Penguins for John Cullen, Zarley Zalapski and Jeff Parker at the trade deadline.Johnston is retired, but he can't stay away from hockey. He and his wife of 47 years, Diane, have lived in suburban Pittsburgh since 1980, save for the three seasons he was in Hartford. He attends most Penguins home games.As always, Canada is the hardest of all countries to narrow down to 13 forwards. It's merciless. Jaden Schwartz, my surprise pick back in September, is off this edition of the roster as his injury has prevented him from improving his stock. At the risk of being tarred in my native Hearst, Ontario, for leaving off Claude Giroux -- which was a difficult decision that I might reverse next time I do this -- I needed to find room in my 13 forwards for newcomers Taylor Hall (on fire) and Tyler Toffoli.http://www.lionsnflofficialauthenticshop.com/LIONS-REGGIE-BUSH-JERSEY I wanted to add Matt Duchene, especially for his speed, but again, so hard to fit everyone you want in 13 slots when there's so much talent to choose from. Brendan Gallagher and Mark Stone are also on the bubble and could get back in next time. After all, the real Team Canada general manager, Doug Armstrong, himself mentioned those two kids recently.
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