TORONTO (AP) — The NHL has suspended Vancouver forward Darcy Hordichuk (FSY) one game and fined Canucks coach Alain Vigneault $10,000.
Hordichuk was assessed an instigator penalty after fighting Cam Janssen (FSY) at 15:04 of the third period during Tuesday night's 6-1 loss to St. Louis. Janssen had roughed up Tanner Glass (FSY) 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.
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