Posted on 04/20/2016 1:42:10 PM PDT by Beave Meister
NEW YORK -- Chicago Blackhawks forward Andrew Shaw has been suspended for one game for making a homophobic slur during Game 4 of the team's first-round Stanley Cup Playoff series with the St. Louis Blues in Chicago on Tuesday, April 19, the National Hockey League announced today. Shaw has also been fined $5,000 for directing an inappropriate gesture at the on-ice officials during the same game. Shaw will also be required to undergo sensitivity training.
Both incidents took place at 17:56 of the third period. Shaw will miss Game 5 of the series on Thursday, April 21, in St. Louis.
"While Mr. Shaw was apologetic and remorseful for both the offensive comments and the inappropriate gesture directed at the on-ice officials, he must be held accountable for his actions," said NHL Senior Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations Colin Campbell. "The emotion of the moment cannot and will not be a mitigating factor for the conduct that is expected of an NHL player."
The money goes to the Players' Emergency Assistance Fund.
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I haven’t given a **** about hockey since the North Stars left Minnesota, at least. But this is certainly an interesting development.
And btw, Christ has nothing to worry about.
You wonder why they’d do it? I know they don’t want to deal with Gay Mafia demonstrations ruining the playoffs but still, how many queer folk follow the NHL? A dozen?
He called him a burning stick?
This is insane.
That’s so gay.....
We’ve bent so far over backwards for the minority groups in this country that we can’t stand up straight. If you aren’t with them, you’re against them. Is that how it is now? No swearing, you might offend someone and that could get you in trouble with the PC police.
What a bunch of pillowbiters.
So who was Shaw outing?
In the good old days, two players could beat the crap out of each other for a few minutes before the refs got involved. Now, you call someone a “faggot” and the whole world ends. Hockey ain’t hockey anymore.
What a bunch of limp-wristers.
Absurd. I can only imagine all the cuss words used by hockey players. How many are guilty of exactly the same thing? He should sue, the league doesn’t publish a list of “zero-tolerance words”. If they did, how long would THAT be???
Crazy.
So where is the player’s union in all of this - are they really ok with players being suspended bases on lip reading? What is next, would a player be suspended for calling someone a ‘big, fat, idiot’ because that could be offensive to fatties and the mentally deficient? What a bunch of sissies.
And he got the same suspension that a Flyers player did a couple days earlier for hitting a guy from behind into the boards in a maneuver that could left him in a wheelchair for life.
Sensitivity training? For a Hockey player.
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Wow.
Hey Chicago. They’re infringing on your freedom of speech—making you PAY for your right to speak out.
How do you like them apples?
My, how things have changed in 25 years:
WARNING: Not appropriate for kids. LOL.
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