| LONGEST SUSPENSIONS FOR ON-ICE INCIDENTS IN NHL HISTORY |
| Player |
Length |
Reason |
Todd Bertuzzi
 |
13 regular-season
games, entire playoffs |
Bertuzzi's suspension could be as long as 41 games if the Canucks make it to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals. The Canucks All-Star sucker-punched Colorado's Steve Moore from behind, driving him into the ice. The hit knocked Moore unconscious, breaking a verterbrae in his neck. |
| Marty McSorley |
23 games |
In what was the NHL's most infamous incident, Bruins defender McSorley swung his stick at the head of Vancouver's Donald Brashear. The suspension later was extended to one year. |
| Gordie Dwyer |
23 games |
The Tampa Bay Lightning forward made physical contact with an official in October 1999. |
| Dale Hunter |
21 games |
Hunter, a tough guy for the Capitals, slammed the Islanders' Pierre Turgeon to the boards from behind after Turgeon scored the series-clinching goal during the 1993 Stanley Cup playoffs. |
| Brad May |
20 games |
May, then a winger for the Phoenix Coyotes, was suspended for a slash to the head of Columbus' Steve Heinze on Jan. 4, 2001. |
| Tom Lysiak |
20 games |
Chicago Blackhawk intentionally tripped a linesman in October 1983. |
| Tony Granato |
15 games |
Granato, then a Kings winger and coincidentally now the Avs coach, slashed the Blackhawks' Neil Wilkinson on the helmet on Feb. 9, 1994.
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| Dave Brown |
15 games |
The ex-Flyers goon cross-checked the Rangers' Tomas Sandstrom in the face on Oct. 26, 1987. |
| Wilf Paiement |
15 games |
Colorado's Paiement swung his stick at the head of Detroit's Dennis Polonich on Oct. 25, 1978. |
| Maurice Richard |
15 games |
The Hall of Fame Canadiens forward took out linesman Cliff Thompson in March 1955. He was suspended for the entire playoffs, which sparked off riots in Montreal. |
Wayne Maki
Ted Green |
13 games |
St. Louis' Maki clubbed "Terrible" Ted Green over the head after an vicious altercation during a preseason game on Sept. 21, 1969. Green had a fractured skull, needed three live-saving operations and had a steel plate inserted. Both players were charged with assault, but later acquitted. |
| Eddie Shore |
13 games |
Boston's Shore slammed Toronto's Ace Bailey from behind on Dec. 12, 1933. Bailey, Bailey suffered a fractured skull and never played again. |
| Andre Roy |
13 games |
The Tampa Bay enforcer left the penalty box and struggled with a linesman, who was trying to stop him from fighting the Rangers' Sandy McCarthy |
