The NHL should be embarrassed! If you have not seen it Rick Rypien, of the Vancouver Canucks, went after a fan in the stands during Tuesday’s game in Minnesota. Rypien was given a game misconduct and on his way back to the locker room attempted to fight a Minnesota fan that appeared to be doing little more than clapping. I am sure the fan had some choice words for Rypien, but there is no excuse for any athlete to attack a fan.
The reason the NHL should be embarrassed is because they chose to only suspend Rypien for 6 games and fined the Vancouver Canucks $25,000. What a joke. Rypien should have suspended Rypien at least 15 games, I would argue for 20 games. I love hockey but hate the NHL. They are by far the worst run of the four major sports and this slap on the wrist just goes to show it. Rypien should have been made an example of. If he were suspended for 30 games the Canucks season would have been barely effected. He is not one of the Sedin twins. I understand the league not wanting a suspension to affect the outcome of a team’s season. That is why Ovechkin doesn’t get suspended for his cheap shots. However this incident was a disgrace to the game and should have been harshly dealt with.
As much as Sean Avery is a disgrace to the NHL this makes Rypien even worse. There is no excuse for what Rypien did, N-O-N-E. If every athlete pulled a stunt like that each time a fan harassed him or her, the games would never be played. I am disgusted by what happened, as should the NHL and Rypien.
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