Quebec junior hockey league won't ban fighting
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League won't ban fighting outright for the 2008-09 season that commences Thursday but will aim to crack down on brawling, the league president announced Wednesday.
The league will enforce 31 recommendations for stiffer penalties for brawling that were put forth by a committee hired this spring to examine hockey violence.
"We won't accept anything that's not part of the game of hockey," QMJHL president Gilles Courteau said at a news conference. "We're working to change the culture of the game. We don't want to see any more bad situations in hockey.
"The committee looked at all situations, including the fighting aspect. We're not here to focus on the fighting aspect only. We've put rules in place to be more severe for situations that could happen following a fight."
The committee was formed in May on the urging of Quebec Sports Minister Michelle Courchesne following an incident involving Quebec Remparts goaltender Jonathan Roy, son of former NHL netminder and then Remparts coach Patrick Roy.
Eric Staal is the latest NHL star to get a fat contract. I guess the Canes wanted to get Staal locked up before he became eligible for free agency. Maybe the Wild General Manager should take note.
Hurricanes re-sign Eric Staal for 7 years...
The Carolina Hurricanes announced Thursday they have signed centre Eric Staal to a seven-year, $57.75-million US contract extension.
Staal, 23, will earn $8.25 million per season in a deal that begins with the 2009-10 NHL campaign and extends through 2015-16.
"This is a great day for hockey in the Carolinas, to know that our franchise player will be with us for at least another eight seasons," said Jim Rutherford, Carolina's president and general manager.
Speaking of contracts, look at this list of lengthy contracts; look at some of these contracts, we have star players locked up for a long time to their current teams.
A look at some lengthy post-lockout contracts signed by NHL players In the wake of Eric Staal's seven-year contract extension with Carolina, here's a look at some other lengthy deals in recent years:
Rick DiPietro, N.Y. Islanders, 15 years, $67.5 million
Alex Ovechkin, Washington, 13 years, $124 million
Mike Richards, Philadelphia, 12 years, $69 million
Vincent Lecavalier, Tampa Bay, 11 years, $85 million
Brian Campbell, Chicago, 8 years, $56.8 million
Daniel Briere, Philadelphia, 8 years, $52 million
Eric Staal, Carolina, 7 years, $57.75 million
Scott Gomez, N.Y. Rangers, 7 years, $51.5 million
Thomas Vanek, Buffalo, 7 years, $50 million
Jason Spezza, Ottawa, 7 years, $49 million
Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit, 7 years, $46.9 million
Patrik Elias, New Jersey, 7 years, $42 million
Ryan Malone, Tampa Bay, 7 years, $31.5 million
Dany Heatley, Ottawa, 6 years, $45 million
Dan Boyle, San Jose, 6 years, $40 million
(See the rest of the list here)
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