| | NEW YORK -- Pittsburgh right wing Matthew Barnaby was
suspended Monday by the NHL for five games, and San Jose defenseman Jeff Norton and New York Islanders defenseman Eric Cairns each got
four-game penalties.
| |  | |
| Cairns |
| |  | |
| Norton |
| |  | |
| Barnaby |
All the suspensions are without pay. Barnaby, treated by the NHL as a repeat offender, loses about $61,000. Norton loses $26,000 and Cairns $8,750.
Barnaby and Cairns shouted at each other in a hallway after they
were penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct with 33 seconds
remaining in the second period of Saturday's game between the
Penguins and Islanders.
While the hallway is separated by a curtain, but Cairns spotted
Barnaby through a gap. After Cairns threw a punch, they were pulled
apart by Pittsburgh goaltender Tom Barrasso and security.
"The NHL never has tolerated, and never will tolerate,
inappropriate off-ice conduct such as this," NHL executive vice
president Colin Campbell said.
Norton was penalized for swinging his stick at New Jersey Devils forward Claude Lemieux on Sunday, drawing a match penalty.
| |
 |
