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Baird gets 10 game suspension

Baird gets 10 games for hit to the head.
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The Battalion bench celebrates the first goal of the second period at the Essar Centre on Saturday, October 10, 2015. Donna Hopper/SooToday

 

The Ontario Hockey League today announced the result of a review of an incident which took place in a game played in Niagara on the 6th of February, 2016, involving the IceDogs and the visiting North Bay Battalion.

The incident reviewed was a checking to the head infraction involving player Mike Baird of the North Bay Battalion Hockey Club.

Based on such review, it is the position of the League that player Mike Baird shall be suspended for ten (10) games effective immediately.

Click here for video and rationale of the Mike Baird suspension.

Baird has already served two three-game suspensions this season.

 


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