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Sharks’ Torres suspended for half of season
http://www.sfgate.com/sharks/article/Sharks-Torres-suspended-for-half-of-season-6551899.phpSharks forward Raffi Torres was hit with the longest suspension in NHL history for a hit on another player when the league banned him Monday for the first 41 games of the season for an illegal check to the head of Anaheim’s Jakob Silfverberg.
This marks the fifth and most significant suspension for Torres in his career. His previous longest ban had been a 21-game suspension — initially 25 games — for a high hit on Chicago’s Marian Hossa in the first round of the playoffs in 2012 when he played with Phoenix.
Torres was suspended for the final six games of the playoffs in 2013 with San Jose for a hit to the head against Los Angeles’ Jarret Stoll. Torres was also suspended for two games in January 2012 for charging Minnesota defenseman Nate Prosser, and he sat out four games in April 2011 for a hit to the head of Edmonton’s Jordan Eberle while playing for Vancouver.
The previous longest suspension for player-on-player violence was a 30-game suspension to Chris Simon of the Islanders in December 2007 for stomping on the skate of Pittsburgh forward Jarkko Ruutu.
This marks the fifth and most significant suspension for Torres in his career. His previous longest ban had been a 21-game suspension — initially 25 games — for a high hit on Chicago’s Marian Hossa in the first round of the playoffs in 2012 when he played with Phoenix.
Torres was suspended for the final six games of the playoffs in 2013 with San Jose for a hit to the head against Los Angeles’ Jarret Stoll. Torres was also suspended for two games in January 2012 for charging Minnesota defenseman Nate Prosser, and he sat out four games in April 2011 for a hit to the head of Edmonton’s Jordan Eberle while playing for Vancouver.
The previous longest suspension for player-on-player violence was a 30-game suspension to Chris Simon of the Islanders in December 2007 for stomping on the skate of Pittsburgh forward Jarkko Ruutu.
For a hit in preseason?!
Let's see. Baseball season is over, the Niners and Raiders both suck, as do the Earthquakes, and now this.
Oh well, we still have the Warriors. Who'd'a thunk it? 
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to hear that coming from the other end of "the 5". 
