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Messier Suspended

Kelly Hayes - Mar 22, 2004 / 4:38 pm | Story: 331

Payback cost Mark Messier a two-game suspension Monday. The league handed the Rangers captain the ban Monday, one day after Messier was ejected for spearing defenceman Martin Strbak in front of the Pittsburgh net during a New York power play.
The Ottawa Senators will have their Captain back in the lineup on Tuesday, as forward Daniel Alfredsson is set to return after missing three games with a charley horse.
The news on Colorado Avalanche forward Steve Moore was mixed Monday. His broken neck is expected to heal and he was listed in good condition but his overall prognosis and hockey future are uncertain.
Houston Rockets point guard Steve Francis was fined $25,000 US by the NBA on Monday for cursing during a halftime television interview and for criticizing officials.
A scheduling snafu has forced Canadian women's hockey team forwards Cherie Piper, Gillian Apps and Gina Kingsbury to pass up playing in this weekend's NCAA women's hockey championship in order to play in the women's world hockey championship next week.
Mark McLoughlin's convoluted career with the Calgary Stampeders officially ended Monday when the placekicker announced his retirement.
The New York Jets signed long snapper Randy Chevrier of the CFL's Edmonton Eskimos on Monday.
Pat Patrick has signaled his intention to field a car in the Indy Racing League for the Indianapolis 500 and the remainder of the season.