TORONTO -- The Ontario Hockey League has suspended Windsor Spitfires forward Josh Ho-Sang for 15 games for his hit from behind on London Knights defenceman Zach Bell.
Jeff Allen . The suspension will take effect at the start of the 2014-15 season. The incident took place in the second period of Game 4 of the Western Conference quarter-final between Windsor and London last Tuesday. Ho-Sang tripped up Bell from behind, and the defenceman crashes into the boards. Bell had to be taken off the ice on a stretcher and suffered a broken leg. He is out for the remainder of the OHL playoffs. Ho-Sang received a minor penalty for the hit. London won the series 4-0 and is playing Guelph in the conference semifinals. The 18-year-old Ho-Sang is considered a potential first-round pick in the upcoming NHL draft. Ho-Sang was in the middle of controversy throughout the first-round series. In Game 3 he was hit with a high stick by London goaltender Anthony Stolarz. Stolarz was given a two-minute minor for the hit, but handed an eight-game suspension by the league the next day. In that same game, Windsor goalie Dalen Kuchmey took himself out of the game and drove home after giving up eight goals on 26 shots.
Husain Abdullah . Unraveling at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh on Wednesday night, the Leafs dropped their third game in the last four, falling prey to the potency of a relentless Penguins attack.
Derrick Thomas . Braden Calverts Winnipeg rink rallied to defeat Italy 8-7. After giving up three points in the second end, Calvert came back with a single, then stole two more points in the next two ends to tie it up at the fifth-end break.ATLANTA -- The Cincinnati Reds were not talking about the lawsuit filed by a woman who says she was sexually assaulted by right-hander Alfredo Simon. When asked on Friday how he is proceeding with Simon, Reds manager Bryan Price said "I think well probably just keep all that stuff to ourselves." "Thats how well handle that," Price said. "It seems to be more of our family business than putting that out, for me." The woman, identified as Jane Doe, filed the $15 million civil lawsuit Thursday in D.C. Superior Court. She claims Simon sexually assaulted her in a Washington hotel a year ago when the Reds were in town to play the Nationals. Simon (3-1) ranks third in the National League with his 1.30 ERA. He is fifth with his opponents .172 batting average. Simon, 32, pitched only in relief the last two seasons with Cincinnati and has been a pleasant surprise in the Reds rotation this season. He played for the Baltimore Orioles for parts of four seasons from 2008-11 before being claimed off waivers by the Reds in 20122.
Jerron McMillian. He is not scheduled to pitch in the Reds three-game weekend series against the Atlanta Braves. A copy of the suit was obtained by WMAR-TV in Baltimore. The lawsuit says the night of April 27, 2013, the then 27-year-old woman and friends went to a nightclub and were approached by a man claiming to be Simons manager. The man escorted the woman to a table where Simon and another ballplayer were sitting and introduced her, according to the lawsuit. The woman and Simon left about 2:30 a.m. in a cab and rode to the hotel where the Reds were staying, according to the court document, which also alleges the woman was intoxicated and unable to consent to sex. The suit alleges that Simon started to kiss the woman, but began to get rough with her, pinning her down on her stomach and grabbing her hair. Simon forced the woman to have sex with him, the suit alleges. The woman, who was in pain and bleeding, went to a hospital later that morning for sexual assault exam, the suit says. She reported the attack to D.C. police on May 2. ' ' '