[kickass32]

Has any one saw the latest from Chris simon the other night??? The moron deliberatley steps on Jarko Ruutu in a blatant attempt to injure......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hKeVb_G-PI



This will be his 8th suspension in his carrer I do believe.....time to send him to pasture with Marty Mcsorely.....


Incidents
Simon has been involved in numerous on-ice incidents and has been suspended seven times for his conduct.[1][2]

In 1997, during a game against the Edmonton Oilers, Simon allegedly addressed forward Mike Grier as a "******" to Grier's face in response to comments about his Native heritage. Although the spoken words were never confirmed, he was suspended three games as a result of the incident.[2] The two were later teammates for a brief time in 2002 with the Washington Capitals.

Simon was suspended for one game in a 2000 playoff series against Pittsburgh for cross checking Peter Popovic across the throat. He was given two-game suspensions once in April 2001 for elbowing Anders Eriksson, and twice in 2004 for cross checking Tampa Bay's Ruslan Fedotenko and then jumping on and punching him, and for kneeing Dallas's Sergei Zubov.[2]


[edit] Ryan Hollweg incident
On March 8, 2007, the Islanders faced the rival New York Rangers at Nassau Coliseum. At 13:25 of the third period,[3] Rangers forward Ryan Hollweg checked Simon, knocking him face first into the boards. No penalty was assessed, and play continued. Simon was later diagnosed as having suffered a concussion. Seconds later, Simon hit Hollweg in the face with a two-handed swing of his hockey stick. Play was stopped and Simon received a match penalty for attempt to injure, resulting in his ejection from the game. Hollweg suffered a cut to the chin that required two stitches.[4] According to ESPN's Barry Melrose, Hollweg escaped serious injury because Simon's blow caught his shoulder pads before hitting his face.

Simon was automatically suspended indefinitely by the NHL due to his match penalty pending ruling by the league commissioner. On March 11, Simon's suspension was set at a minimum of 25 games.[5] Simon was ordered to sit out the last 15 games of the regular season, plus any playoff games. The Nassau County district attorney considered filing criminal charges against Simon, but declined. Hollweg later told Newsday that he is not interested in pressing charges.[6]

On March 10, Simon issued a statement in which he apologized to Hollweg and the league and said that there is "absolutely no place in hockey for what I did". He asserted that he did not remember much about the incident because he was "completely out of it" as a result of the concussion. [7]


[edit] Jarkko Ruutu Incident
On December 15, 2007, at 14:06 of the third period of a home game against Pittsburgh, Tim Jackman and Jarkko Ruutu had some words between the teams' benches during a stoppage of play. Chris Simon skated in behind Ruutu and pulled Ruutu's leg back with his own. When Ruutu fell to his knees, Simon proceeded to stomp on Ruutu's right skate and then went to the bench. Simon was given a match penalty for attempt to injure, resulting in his ejection from the game.[8] On December 17, the Islanders announced that they would "provide some time for Chris away from the team" in light of the incident.[9]