Riley Cote Suspended Three Games

[mckendo83]

TORONTO - Philadelphia Flyers forward Riley Cote has been suspended for three games, without pay, as a result of being assessed a match penalty for attempt to injure during NHL game #376 against the Dallas Stars Dec. 1, the National Hockey League announced today.

Cote was assessed a match penalty for elbowing Dallas defenseman Matt Niskanen at 17:46 of the third period.

Under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, and based on his average annual salary, Cote will forfeit $8,021.40. The money goes to the Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund.

Cote will miss Philadelphia's next three games -- Dec. 5 at Minnesota, Dec. 7 at Colorado and Dec. 11 vs. Pittsburgh. He will be eligible to return Dec. 13 vs. Montreal.

[Philly Fan 27]

im still waiting for andy sutton to be suspened for his high hit on kukonen at the end of a flyers win. of course, im not holding my breath

[BStreetBullies]

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=0IgVgZLb5WM[/youtube]

Is this clip too out of context, am I missing something, or is this just a regular ****ing 2 minute minor for elbowing. Fukk this league is terrible, and I think even the guys on here who hate the Flyers with every ounce of their soul can agree that this complete and total bullshiit.

[TheBoogeyman]

I guess he wont be taking on Boogaard on Wednesday then.

[Philly Fan 27]

Originally Posted by TheBoogeyman

I guess he wont be taking on Boogaard on Wednesday then.

lucky for boogaard

he might have been charged w/ murder

[FlyersEnforcer]

This fuking league is garbage.

[thepro987]

this is retarded. hope the flyers don't play like a bunch of ******* now.

is there a clip of the briere/kapenan fight?

[yatyas]

Wow I can't believe that warranted a 3 game suspension!!!! I didn't get to watch the game and didn't even know it happed unitl this article. That's pathetic, the league is after the Flyers this year!!!

[hockey doc]

the sutton hit on kukanen was ten times worse than that and sutton didn't even get a penalty. Colin Campbell is a f***ing moron, what can you do, this is the new NHL, the laughing stock of professional sports.

[Toe2tOe55]

look at the match ups we could have had this week.

Cote vs Boogaard and then the next day Cote vs Parker. **** this league. it should have been one game, or none. Stupid

[Blouin]

He should have gotten 5 games. He left his feet, deliberate elbow.
You Philly fans are just sad he won't win HW of the Year Award

[canuckfan]

Lets try to justify the 3 game suspension for this incident. Was it an elbow to the head, did Cote's feet leave the ice, you betcha, check, check. Could the results have been worse for the Stars player? Probably. But was there an attempt to injure? Kind of looked like it - the Flyers were down 4-1 and Cote was looking to spark the team. What was he thinking going in that hard with elbows up? Still, I kinda think 5 and a game may have been enough punishment for this incident.

I guess we shouldn't be surprised by the league's judgment - lets start hearing those conspircacy theories against the Flyers again - but if they want to start cracking down on hits to the head this is either a) an over-reaction to an already sensitive issue, or b) proof the NHL doesn't just suspend on the results of actions taken, but the intent thats perceived. If the latter is the case, then at least we're getting some consistency here in the rulings, but 3 games? They're obviously ruling on the apparent intent to injure, but I still dunno about this one.....

[FightingIsGood]

You've got to be f'ing kidding me? Cote got 3 games for THAT???

What a joke this league has turned into, and it is blatantly obvious now (hell, they so much as admitted it) that the league has it in for the Flyers.

[FlagsFan]

Originally Posted by Blouin

He should have gotten 5 games. He left his feet, deliberate elbow.
You Philly fans are just sad he won't win HW of the Year Award

Im with you Blouin, It was completely deliberate, could have been more.You Philly fans can complain all you like but hey, this is what it's like now, this is nothing new.

Of course this is in comparison to other suspensions recently, if i ran it he would have gotten absolutely nothing

[nyrgoal]

Wow that is complete BS .. I cant believe they gave him 3 games. Two mins for elbowing or even a 4 min elbowing for hitting him in the head but not 3 games. This is redicilous. Are they trying to take checking as well as fighting outa the game. They might as well ditch the pads and sticks throw on some tights and start practicing there tripple axles and double toe loops because thats what this league is trying to do. There trying to turn the nhl into figure skating.