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Islanders’ Maxim Tsyplakov suspended 3 games for illegal check to head
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Islanders forward Maxim Tsyplakov was suspended for three games without pay on Friday for an illegal check to the head of Philadelphia Flyers forward Ryan Poehling.
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- - CThe Flyers announced that Poehling has an upper-body injury and did not return to Thursday’s (Jan. 16) game versus the Islanders.
- - LWThe Philadelphia Flyers placed F Nicolas Deslauriers on injured reserve on Friday (Dec. 6).