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Big Suspensions Handed Out In Finnish League
by Paul on 09/12/12 at 08:46 AM ET
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from Risto Pakarinen at IIHF.com,
On Tuesday, the league announced that Ben-Amor was suspended for 18 games. Juuso Salmi (HIFK) was suspended for 12 games, Melart (HIFK) six games, Liivik (HIFK) six games. Jokerit’s Jarkko Ruutu was suspended for four games, and his teammate Väänänen for one game. The SM-liiga has a 60-game regular season.
Jokerit was fined €40,000, HIFK €25,000. The coaches, Pasi Sormunen of HIFK as well as Tomi Lämsä and Tomek Valtonen of Jokerit, got an eight-game suspension.
“As a whole, these are the toughest suspensions in league history,” said Vuorinen.
read on for all the details and you can watch some of the on-ice incidents below...
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