Denver Native (Carol)
06-07-2011, 05:28 PM
BOSTON -- Nathan Horton will miss the rest of the Stanley Cup finals with a severe concussion, and Vancouver Canucks defenseman Aaron Rome is also finished for the playoffs after the NHL suspended him for four games Tuesday for his blindside hit on the Boston Bruins forward during Game 3.
Horton had just passed the puck early in the first period Monday night when Rome lowered his shoulder and left his skates to flatten him, delivering what the Bruins saw as the kind of hit the league has tried to eliminate after several players sustained severe concussions.
The NHL wasted no time stepping in, quickly announcing Rome would not return to the series.
http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nhl/news/story?id=6634296
Horton had just passed the puck early in the first period Monday night when Rome lowered his shoulder and left his skates to flatten him, delivering what the Bruins saw as the kind of hit the league has tried to eliminate after several players sustained severe concussions.
The NHL wasted no time stepping in, quickly announcing Rome would not return to the series.
http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nhl/news/story?id=6634296