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Kings’ Denis Gauthier suspended two games

By Helene Elliott
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Kings defenseman Denis Gauthier has been suspended two games by the NHL for making contact with the Sharks’ Patrick Marleau on an icing play in Thursday’s game at San Jose.

It’s the second suspension this season for Gauthier, who had to sit five games for a nasty hit to the head of Montreal’s Josh Gorges on Jan. 31. It is believed to be his fifth league-imposed suspension.

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Gauthier will forfeit $22,580.64 to the Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund. He will be eligible to return for the Kings’ game Wednesday at Philadelphia.

More about the Kings later at www.latimes.com/sports.

--Helene Elliott

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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