Tim Billingsley’s Suspension Questionable

So on Wednesday when the OHL handed the 21-year-old a 10-game suspension – less than a week before the start of the OHL playoffs – for a hit to the head of Ottawa 67’s forward Shane Prince, there were more than a few people left scratching their heads in confusion.

“I didn’t think it was going to be that steep,” Billingsley said Thursday of his suspension. “But it was probably the worst time for that kind of hit to happen with all the stuff happening in the NHL. I didn’t know what to expect, but I didn’t think I made a dirty hit. I think it was a legal hit with an unfortunate outcome.”