OTTAWA Jeff Petry Jersey Kids , Ontario (AP) The Ottawa Senators knew Alex Burrows was facing a suspension. Ten games caught them by surprise.The NHL department of Player Safety handed Burrows a 10-game suspension Wednesday night for kneeing New Jersey’s Taylor Hall on Tuesday night in a home victory.”We disagree, but we respect the league’s process and decision,” Senators coach Guy Boucher said Thursday.Hall caught Burrows with a hard check and Burrows replied by chasing down the Devils forward before punching and kneeing him in the helmet. He will forfeit $134,409 of his salary.”For the sole purpose of retribution, Burrows drags an unwilling opponent to the ice. Punches him several times, then uses his knee pad to violently inflict more punishment on his opponent’s head. This is a dangerous and unjustifiable attack,” NHL Player Safety said in a statement.Senators teammate Mark Stone called the suspension ”a bit harsh.””Obviously, it’s a suspendable play, but 10 games seems a bit harsh especially considering he doesn’t really have as much of a history as people may think Jonathan Drouin Jersey ,” Stone saidBurrows has been suspended once and fined five times over 893 career games.Hall, speaking to reporters in New Jersey Thursday, wasn’t surprised by the length of Burrows’ suspension.”I think in instances like that where it’s not really a hockey play, you like to see the league standing up for you there,” said Hall. ”The reason it’s so high is they just want to exterminate it. They don’t want to see it again.”Burrows did not speak to the media after Ottawa’s morning skate Thursday. He has 48 hours to appeal the ruling.”We’re going to miss (Burrows), he’s a great leader in this locker-room, good veteran guy and a guy that everyone really likes,” Matt Duchene said. ”He’s a guy that we rely on for his character and his grit so we’re going to miss him while he’s out.” TORONTO (AP) — Martin Brodeur, Willie O’Ree and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman led the latest group of inductees to the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday night.Brodeur http://www.officialcanadiensprostore.com/authentic-adidas-karl-alzner-jersey , the all-time leader in goalie wins and shutouts, was joined in the player’s category by Martin St. Louis, Canadian women’s star Jayna Hefford and Russian great Alexander Yakushev. Bettman and O’Ree — the NHL’s first black player — went into the Hall as builders.A three-time Stanley Cup champion and four-time Vezina Trophy winner with the New Jersey Devils, Brodeur won 691 games and had 125 shutouts in his 20 seasons.“This is a really special day for me,” Brodeur said. “I’m honored and humbled.”A two-time Olympic gold medalist for Canada, Brodeur shares or owns 12 NHL records.“He competed with a smile on his face,” said Devils teammate and class of 2013 inductee Scott Niedermayer. “He just embraced the big challenge. He wasn’t overwhelmed.”O’Ree became the first black player in the NHL when he was called up by the Boston Bruins to play against the Montreal Canadiens on Jan. 18, 1958. The 83-year-old, who had a long career in the minors Jonathan Bernier Jersey Womens , played just 45 games in the NHL, but returned to the fold in 1996 as a league ambassador.“All I wanted to be was a hockey player,” O’Ree said. “All I needed was the opportunity.”O’Ree is the third black player in the Hall, joining former Edmonton Oilers goalie Grant Fuhr and Canadian women’s national team captain Angela James.During Bettman’s 25-year tenure, the league has expanded from 24 to 31 teams with annual revenues ballooning tenfold to around $5 billion.“Everyone knows that my public appearances get an energetic reaction,” Bettman joked during his speech. “I get booed when I present the Stanley Cup, particularly to a road team, but even from the home team, and at the draft.“Tonight should erase any claim that election to the Hockey Hall of Fame is a popularity contest. Rather Mike Reilly Jersey , I hope that my induction is a testament to what is clearly a collective contribution.”While the NHL has seen incredible growth during Bettman’s time at the helm, he’s also overseen three lockouts, including one that wiped out the entire 2004-05 season, with another work stoppage looming as early as 2020. Olympic participation and how the league has dealt with concussions have been among some of the other issues where criticism has been directed his way. Like former NHL presidents Clarence Campbell and John Ziegler, Bettman was enshrined while still in the top job.St. Louis went from undrafted free agent to Hart Trophy winner and two-time scoring champion with the Tampa Bay Lightning, including a Cup victory in 2003-04.“For all the kids out there listening: follow your dreams,” St. Louis said. “Believe in yourself. When it seems like all of the doors are closing, look for a window and find a way in.“The reason that some people don’t reach their full potential is that they quit too soon.”The 5-foot-8 St. Louis is one of just six undrafted players to reach 1,000 points and was on Canada’s men’s Olympic team that won gold in 2014.“His desire was infectious Womens Paul Byron Jersey ,” said 2017 inductee Dave Andreychuk, who captained the Lightning to their Cup victory in 2004. “His compete level was like no other.”Hefford won four Olympic gold medals and seven world championships playing for Canada. The sixth woman to enter the Hall, she had 157 goals and 134 assists in 267 games for her country.Yakushev starred for the USSR in the 1972 Summit Series, scoring seven goals to tie Canada’s Phil Esposito and Paul Henderson for the lead in the best-on-best showcase. He won Olympic gold in 1972 and 1976 and was elected to the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 2003.