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James Wisniewski and Brad Staubitz Suspended Pending Hearings

Saturday, Sep. 24th, 2011

NEW YORK – Columbus Blue Jackets' defenseman James Wisniewski and Minnesota Wild forward Brad Staubitz have both been suspended indefinitely pending a hearing and the completion of a review by the NHL's Department of Player Safety for incidents that occurred in Friday night's preseason game in St. Paul, NHL Senior Vice President of Player Safety Brendan Shanahan announced today.

Wisniewski received a minor penalty for an illegal check to the head of Minnesota forward Cal Clutterbuck 20:00 into the third period.

Staubitz received a major penalty and game misconduct for checking from behind 4:24 into the third period.



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