"Obviously we want to get back in our building with a 3-1 lead. His rehab today prescribed by the doctor was back on the ice."Īfter regaining home-ice advantage on Monday night, the Penguins will be looking to take a commanding lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference matchup. "He was on the ice today skating with the team," Bylsma said after practice at the St. Meanwhile, there’s been no change in the status of Penguins star Sidney Crosby, who has been out since January because of a concussion. Marc-Andre Bergeron is among the options Lightning coach Guy Boucher is considering as a fill-in for Downie. Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said Mike Comrie or Eric Tangradi, both scratches for Game 3 on Monday night, could replace Kunitz for Game 4. He’s a good player and he’s not going to be able to play for them," Gagne added. "I don’t know if it’s enough, but still it’s for one game. "The league looked at it and made a decision that it was a one-game suspension," the Lightning forward said. Gagne declined to speculate on whether the league should have imposed a longer suspension on Kunitz. I’ve definitely got to be careful, but I’m glad he’s OK." He kind of spun and turned back towards me and I went to brush him in the shoulder and I got him in the head," Kunitz added. … I had my arms in a bad spot, up in the air. "I was coming through the middle, getting ready to finish a check. I’m glad that he’s OK and was able to finish the game," Kunitz said. Kunitz was suspended for elbowing Tampa Bay’s Simon Gagne in the head, drawing a minor penalty about five minutes after Downie levelled Lovejoy.Īlthough Gagne implied the blow was intentional, Kunitz insisted it wasn’t. He didn’t launch himself and hit me in the head.
"Max certainly made them pay for what happened. I wanted to get the puck out," Lovejoy added. "He didn’t get me in the head, but, he certainly was off the ice when he got me," said Lovejoy, who got the lone assist on Talbot’s goal.
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… Momentum carried me through and I ended up off my feet," Downie said.Ī delayed penalty was going to be assessed on the hit, but the call was nullified when Talbot scored his first goal of the series before the Lightning regained possession of the puck.Īlthough Lovejoy said he was not hit in the head, NHL senior executive vice-presidentvice-president Colin Campbell said in announcing the suspension: "Downie left his feet and launched himself at the head of his opponent and he came from a considerable distance, with speed and force, to deliver the check." I finished my hit and unfortunately it ended up the way it did.
The hit drew a loud roar from a sellout crowd that was quickly silenced when the Penguins’ Maxime Talbot raced up ice with the puck and scored the game’s first goal. The league announced Tuesday that Downie was banned for Game 4 for leaving his feet and launching himself at the head of Pittsburgh’s Ben Lovejoy while the defenceman was making a play behind his own net. "I’m very disappoined in myself," Downie said Tuesday. Instead of debating the fairness of the discipline, both players said they wished they had been more careful. Nowadays, "The Ferry" and Barnhill may be fertile commuter territory for many of the 13,000 or so residents but the appeal of living here lies in her distinctive shops, restaurants, bars, cafes and boutiques, with Grove Academy and three primary schools catering for families lured by modern housing developments which have rolled out between the River Tay and the main north-south road.The Lightning and Penguins each will be without a key player for Game 4 of their first round playoff series Wednesday night after the NHL suspended Downie and Kunitz one game apiece for hits delivered in separate incidents during the opening period of Pittsburgh 3-2 victory in Game 3. The quaint fishermen's cottages and grid iron pattern of development hint at times past and they enjoy Conservation Area status, while the influence of Dundee jute wealth can be detected in the impressive Victorian villas and terraces overlooking the esplanade, top rated beach and the coast of Fife across the Tay estuary. The imposing 15th Century castle, now home to a museum, hints at the historic importance of a town whose story can be traced in her architecture. Broughty Ferry, or "The Ferry" as it's better known to locals, may rub shoulders with Dundee but it retains a fiercely protected identity all of its own.
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