Posted on Mon Apr 23, 2007 at 10:27:32 AM EST in NHL
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With the game out of hand on Saturday night, Calgary backup goalie Jamie McLennan went a little nuts and whacked Johan Franzen in the midsection with his stick. As you can see from the video, it's not a huge slash but the NHL came down hard on McLennan and the Flames for the violation.

McLennan got a five game suspension, his coach got a $25k fine, and the Flames' organization got a $100,000 fine. The league had warned all teams about any shady business late it the game after a game was out of control.

Franzen, the recipient of the lumber, got the last laugh as he scored the game-winning goal in OT of game 6 on Sunday to send the Flames packing from the playoffs.

Links:
[Canada.com]: NHL suspends Flames goalie 5 games

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