Moore And Bertuzzi Settle Out Of Court

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Michael Grange is reporting that Steve Moore and Todd Bertuzzi have agreed to an out-of-court settlement a little less than a month before their civil trial was set to begin.

Here's the incident that started it all- 10 years ago...
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Bertuzzi apologized, but he eventually pleaded guilty to criminal assault causing bodily harm for the hit and was sentenced in 2006 to one year probation and 80 hours of community service.
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Moore then filed a multi-million dollar civil suit against Bertuzzi and the call to settle the case was called after mediation in early August.

He, contrary to what Bertuzzi wished in the press conference above, has not fully recovered- as put forth in the anniversary back in March.

John Moore May Not Be Around For A While

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For this...


The HQ gives PK Subban credit for steering Dale Weise back to the bench since he, probably, couldn't even remember what day of the week it was after the shot to the head...

But John Moore's Dory Funk, Junior impression should get him, at least, a 2-game sit...

What say you...???

Bruins Shawn Thornton Suspended for 15 Games

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It appears a  cheap shot by Shawn Thornton of the Boston Bruins, late this past Saturday, on Brooks Orpik of the Pittsburgh Penguins, will according to TSN's Darren Dreger, cost Thornton 15 days.

The incident happened after Orpik had knocked down and apparently injured the Bruins Loui Eriksson. A bit of a scrum ensued. That's when Thornton skated over, grabbed Orpik, throwing him to the ice and punching him.

Orpik was knocked unconscious and had to be taken off the ice on a stretcher and to the hospital. Saturday morning Orpik was put on Injured Reserve with a concussion.

Here's some video of the Thornton/Orpik incident:

OSG High: TN HS FB Coach Ejected Post-Game, Can't Coach In Title Game...

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Okay, here's how the game ended between Ensworth and Brentwood Academy last night in the Class-AA semi-finals in Tennessee... it's clock-killing and a late hit...


So, it sounded like the Ensworth students called the game...

But, this happened on the field after in the discussions about said late hit...
Fox Nashville caught up with Ensworth head coach Ricky Bowers...


So, BA's Derek Barnett blows up the QB and now Bowers is out for the II-AA title game against MUS in two weeks. That's standard protocol for an ejection...

An official report is made on Monday, according to the TSSAA...

HockeyCentral Discusses John Scott

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Here's the first salvo in the John Scott shenanigans...

Brad Fay, Doug Maclean, and FOSG Billy Jaffe try to figure out where the league and the NHLPA "should" go next...

The only question is now: Does Scott get the book thrown at him...???

Just How Bad Are Things In Buffalo...??? (UPDATE: Mike Milbury Explodes And NHL Responds)

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Let's face it... the Buffalo Sabres are not a very good hockey team and the only thing saving them from being a horrific hockey team right now is the goaltending of Ryan Miller...

The Wednesday night game against the Boston Bruins showed just where the franchise is...

After Boston took a first period lead, the building shut up until this moment in the third that should get John Scott a phone call from the league office...

Here's the short version...
Scott went straight for Loui Eriksson's head and didn't even mask it... Here's the long version... ((HT: Fred Murtz)) The Twitter machine has been in overload identifying that Sabres head coach Ron Rolston won't even make the end of the year with his team and apparent coaching style. NBC Sports Mike Milbury said postgame that Rolston should be fired tomorrow and Scott should be out of the league. Evidence here... ((HT: Once again, Murtz and NHL on NBC)) But, as a history lesson, Sabres GM Darcy Regier has had heavyweights on his rosters before (read: Patrick Kaleta et al.) and there are even more who are saying that "The Code" has been thrown out the window in any future match-ups with these two teams. The only solution is to have Zdeno Chara square off against Scott since he would be picking on somebody his own size at that point... The HQ would suggest the following: The offending player sits for the same length of time that the injured player has to recover from the injury and the team gets fined a matching amount that the player gets fined as well. The coach also serves a suspension... Just a thought... that the HQ knows will NEVER EVER HAPPEN... PM UPDATE: The NHL has upheld the 10-game suspension on Kaleta and has suspended Scott indefinitely pending a hearing...

Longhorns Davis Should Be Suspended

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But he won't because there wasn't any kind of "targeting" attached to it...

This was on a touchdown by Joe Bergeron that gave Texas a 24-20 lead late in the third quarter in their dogfight in Ames with Iowa State...


So, what do you think...

"Cheap shot" is a good start...

Isaiah Battle Goes Rock Em Sock Em Robots On National TV

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It was a cheap shot and it got an ejection for this shot to NC State DB Jarvis Byrd


It just reminds the HQ of this...


Carry on...
Just an observation...

Donald Brashear's Cheap Shot

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So, let's get in the mood for hockey season by focusing on the bad...

Shall we...???

And this wasn't even in the minor leagues that are attached to the major leagues here in North America...

Donald Brashear has been playing in the LNAH (a minor league based in Quebec province) since he's on the downside of his hockey-playing Laffer Curve...

He felt compelled to do this the other day...
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People are already comparing it to the Bertuzzi-Moore hit from a few years back...
Let's hope Gaby Roch isn't as injured...

What should Brashear's future be, dear reader...???

More when we know more...