Islanders vs. Penguins

It was an eventful week with one game that blew away all the other ones: the New York Islanders vs. the Pittsburgh Penguins from Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Long Island.
The game, played on Friday, had one of the most penalty minutes ever in one game, 346. There were 15 players who had fighting penalties, combining for 75 penalty minutes and Brent Johnson, the goalie for the Penguins who fought Rick DiPietro last week, fought again against Michael Haley this game.
This fiasco happened because last week when Johnson and DiPietro fought, Johnson dropped DiPietro and broke bones in his face. The Islanders were mad about this and it led to the game Friday, a 9-3 beating by the Islanders.
Suspensions from the game were very harsh, however. “Eric Godard drew an automatic 10-game suspension under Rule 70.11 for coming off the bench to become involved in a third-period fight after New York's Michael Haley squared off with Penguins goaltender Brent Johnson. Godard received a double minor for roughing and a double game misconduct,” said NHL.com. Also, “Trevor Gillies was suspended for leveling Pittsburgh's Eric Tangradi with an elbow and throwing several punches to his head in an incident that led to the Haley-Johnson fight, earning a major penalty and a game misconduct. Tangradi left the game with concussion symptoms,” and “Matt Martin drew a four-game suspension.”
Godard, Gillies, and Martin also lost money due to their suspensions. Godard will lose over $40,000, Gillies will lose over $24,000, and Martin will lose over $41,000, according to NHL.com. In addition, the Islanders were fined $100,000 for their actions.
"The Islanders also must bear some responsibility for their failure to control their players," said Colin Campbell, the NHL Senior Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations.
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