A surprise to some but not to others Vancouver Canucks defenseman Aaron Rome has been suspended for four games for his late hit on Bruins forward Nathan Horton. The incident occurred early in the first period, when Rome nailed Horton over 1 second after releasing the puck. Horton is said to be out of the finals with a severe concussion.
"Two factors were considered in reaching this decision," said NHL senior vice president of hockey operations Mike Murphy in a statement. "The hit by Rome was clearly beyond what is acceptable in terms of how late it was delivered after Horton had released the puck and it caused a significant injury."
Ratings up for Finals
Both North and South of the border the tv ratings are up big time. NBC sported the best ratings since game 1 of the 1999 Stanley Cup Finals. They had a 3.2 share, 14% increase on game one from the 2010 Finals. CBC on the other hand drew an average of 5.6 million viewers for game one, compare that to game 1 last year of 3.2 million viewers. Game one on CBC was the second most viewed sporting event ever, only behind the 2010 Olympic Gold Medal finals between Canada and the USA.
New Assistant Coaches in Carolina
The Carolina Hurricanes have brought in two new assistant coaches for next season. Rod Brindamour former Hurricanes captain assume one of the two openings, he will also continue to be the teams developmental coach. The other new ass’t coach is former Detroit and Boston head coach Dave Lewis. They take over former Hurricane great Ron Francis, who moved upstairs to become ass’t general manager. Questions will be asked now, if the Canes struggle early in the season, how long before Lewis becomes head coach?
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