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NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL in-
efinitely suspended Marty MeSorley
in Tuesday for knocking out Donald
irashear with a stick-swinging hit so
avage that police are investigating.
The Boston defenseman, known
nore for his lists than his finesse, struck
irashear, another renowned tough guy,
icross the right temple and he crumpled
o the ice.
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with team trainers Tuesday, but did not
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and competitive pay
With only 2.7 seconds remaining
Monday night, and the Canucks hold
ing a 5-2 lead, McSorley skated up —
of Brashear’s view — and swung
liis stick with both hands against Bras-
hear’s head.
'I apologize to Donald Brashear and
be fans who had to watch that,” Mc
Sorley said Monday. “1 embarrassed
my hockey team.... I got way too car
ried away. It was a real dumb play.
“I’m still in shock at what I did,” he
said. “I have to come to terms with what
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pid, I can’t believe I did it.”
Sports in Brief
Police, deluged with calls from an
gry fans, are investigating and Said they
will consult with the NHL.
“We have a situation here where it
would appear, or that it’s been alleged,
that there was a fairly vicious attack by
one person on another,” said constable
“I'm still in shock
at what I did. I
have to come to
terms with what
I did. There's no
excuse. It was so
stupid, I can't
believe I did it."
— Marty McSorley
Boston defenseman
Anne Drennan, a spokeswoman for the
Vancouver police.
She said police have not yet inter
viewed Brashear or McSorley and she
doesn’t know how long the investiga
tion will take. The findings will be sent
to a prosecutor, who will decide
whether to file charges.
Canucks general manager Brian
Burke, once the NHL’s chief discipli
narian, said the police should stay out.
“Leave this stuff on the ice; leave it
to the National Hockey League,” Burke
told Vancouver radio station CKNW.
“We don’t need the Vancouver police
department or the RCMP involved in
this.”
Referee Brad Watson declared the
game over with the remaining seconds
unplayed.
“We couldn’t believe what we saw
and didn’t know what to do,” Canucks
left wing Brad May said. “It was crazy
out there. I have no respect for that guy
ever again. Anybody who has ever had
respect for him should lose it.
“He’s our big brother out there,”
May said of Brashear. “He sticks up for
our team, he’s the toughest in the
league. To get hit like that, it’s just un
called for.”
McSorley, who received a match
penalty for attempt to injure, has lasted 17
years in the league because of his ability
to light and protect his more skilled team
mates.
“It’s a shocker,” Boston captain Ray
Bourque said. “I've never been a part
of anything like that or witnessed any
thing like that. There is no way to justi
fy it.”
The longest suspension the NHL has
even imposed for an on-ice hit was a 21 -
game banishment given to Washington's
Dale Hunter for a blindside check of the
New York Islanders' Pierre Turgeon af
ter a goal in a 1993 playoff game.
McSorley is best known for serving
as Wayne Gretzky’s protector with the
Edmonton Oilers and then with Los
Angeles as the two were traded togeth
er in one of hockey’s biggest deals.
Softball travels to face Ladyjacks
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A&M senior first baseman Angie Long (12) heads to first base while senior outfielder Angie Shetler slides
into second base during the Aggie Invitational I.
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The Battalion
After winning six straight games en
route to the Aggie Invitational I champi
onship, the Texas A&M Softball Team
will hit the road again to face Stephen F.
Austin State University in a double-head
er today beginning at 4 p.m.
A&M (8-4) is coming off a dynamic
six-win performance after suffering a
four game skid in the Arizona Fiesta
Bowl Classic two weeks ago.
A&M softball coach Jo Evans said
SFA should offer tough competition for
the Aggies.
“[SFA| is playing great ball right
now,” she said. “They hit well and
they’ve got a very productive offense.
“They heat Southern Mississippi last
weekend, who played in last year’s world
series, so. they are definitely going to
come out ready to play and wanting to
beat us.”
The Aggies last met SFA in a double-
header last year in College Station, with
A&M victorious, 5-4 and 2-1.
In the tournament over the weekend,
the Aggies maintained a .350 batting av
erage as a team and outscored their op
ponents, 48-7.
A&M’s pitching stall’gave up only
four earned runs in six games and posted
a .76 earned run average, while holding
opponents to a mere. 189 batting average.
Evans said the starting pitcher for the
Aggies will be junior Amy Vining, who
threw' her first career no-hitter against
Colorado State University in the Aggie
Invitational over the weekend.
“Amy is throwing really strong right
now, so 1 feel very confident in her pitch
ing,” Evans said. “I have not made a de
cision about who our starting pitcher for
the second game will be.”
Evans said the Aggies gained much-
needed confidence during the Aggie In
vitational and are excited to play in to
day’s games.
“I was very proud that the team re
grouped so well after losing four games
straight,” she said. “Anytime you lose a
number of games in a row, it’s going to
be hard to bounce back. We’re going into
the double-header with a lot of confi
dence, and we’re looking to carry on our
winning streak.”
Evans said the goal for today’s games
is to stay focused.
“I don’t think we’re overconfident,
but we are very focused,” she said. “The
team is ready to go out there and contin
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Gillom knows that containing
lese players will be no easy task, but
iks it can be done.
“It’s going to be rough,” Gillom said.
But they’re containable. Against other
teams, they’ve been containable before,
we can do it.”
The Aggies have their own set of
players that have been causing trouble
for opponents this season.
Junior forward Jaynetta Saunders is
averaging 15.2 points per game. Sharpe
senior forward Kera Alexander are
averaging 13 and 11.2 points per game,
respectively.
“We have the potential to match up
h anybody,” Sharpe said. “It’s just a
matter of going out and doing it.”
Gillom has been saying all year long
tliat every team in the conference is beat
able and that the Aggies are capable of
winning in any given game.
“We’ve talked about being giant
killers,” Gillom said. “Hopefully we can
go out and kill them. They’re the giants.”
Sophomore guard LaToya Rose said
t in order to get a win tonight, the Ag
gies will have to find a way to exploit
’s 2-3 zone, a defensive formation
•bey have been running all season.
“The key is to go in and find the gaps
on offense, and make them come out and
us,” Rose said. “On defense we
have to pressure the ball.”
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