Updated: November 12, 2009, 6:29 PM ET
Hordichuk suspended for fighting
TORONTO -- The NHL has suspended Vancouver Canucks forward Darcy Hordichuk one game and fined coach Alain Vigneault $10,000.
Hordichuk was assessed an instigator penalty after fighting Cam Janssen at 15:04 of the third period during Tuesday night's 6-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues. Janssen had roughed up Tanner Glass during a fight earlier in the game.
Anyone assessed an instigator penalty in the final five minutes of a game receives the automatic suspension, while the coach gets a $10,000 fine, a figure that doubles for each subsequent infraction.
The NHL punishment Thursday means Hordichuk losess $4,016 in salary, which goes to a players' assistance fund. Vigneault's fine goes to the NHL Foundation.
Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press
