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BOSTON -- The NHL suspended Boston Bruins defenseman Kyle McLaren for at least one game after he put Montreal Canadiens winger Richard Zednik in the hospital with a crushing elbow to the face.
Bruins general manager Mike O'Connell said Friday that McLaren is out for at least Saturday's playoff game with Montreal. The league will then reassess the situation, O'Connell said.
Zednik remained hospitalized Friday with a severe concussion, broken nose and cut under the right eye. He'll miss the remainder of Boston's playoff series with Montreal, according to the Canadiens' team doctor, Richard Mulder.
Zednik was admitted to Montreal General Hospital's intensive care unit after the hit by McLaren late in Thursday's game. He was motionless on the ice for five minutes before being carried off on a stretcher.
McLaren has said he did nothing wrong, and on Friday said he regretted the incident happened.
"I'm not out there to hurt anybody," McLaren said. "I wish him the best and I'm very sorry he got hurt. It's a split-second thing."
Zednik scored both Montreal goals in Boston's 5-2 loss and was the team's leading scorer in the series with eight points. The best-of-seven series is tied at two games apiece.
Canadiens general manager Andre Savard on Friday said McLaren should be suspended for the rest of the playoffs, and Canadiens coach Michel Therrien has talked of retaliation during Saturday's game.
Associated Press
BOSTON -- The NHL suspended Boston Bruins defenseman Kyle McLaren for at least one game after he put Montreal Canadiens winger Richard Zednik in the hospital with a crushing elbow to the face.
Bruins general manager Mike O'Connell said Friday that McLaren is out for at least Saturday's playoff game with Montreal. The league will then reassess the situation, O'Connell said.
Zednik remained hospitalized Friday with a severe concussion, broken nose and cut under the right eye. He'll miss the remainder of Boston's playoff series with Montreal, according to the Canadiens' team doctor, Richard Mulder.
Zednik was admitted to Montreal General Hospital's intensive care unit after the hit by McLaren late in Thursday's game. He was motionless on the ice for five minutes before being carried off on a stretcher.
McLaren has said he did nothing wrong, and on Friday said he regretted the incident happened.
"I'm not out there to hurt anybody," McLaren said. "I wish him the best and I'm very sorry he got hurt. It's a split-second thing."
Zednik scored both Montreal goals in Boston's 5-2 loss and was the team's leading scorer in the series with eight points. The best-of-seven series is tied at two games apiece.
Canadiens general manager Andre Savard on Friday said McLaren should be suspended for the rest of the playoffs, and Canadiens coach Michel Therrien has talked of retaliation during Saturday's game.
