3 Hogs Suspended 3/19/13

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. ... The American Hockey League today announced that Rockford IceHogs forwards Jeremy Morin and Wade Brookbank and defenseman Shawn Lalonde have been suspended for one (1) game each and Chicago Wolves defenseman Adam Polasek has been suspended for three (3) games as a result of their actions during an incident in a game between the teams at Chicago on Mar. 17.

In addition, both teams have been fined an undisclosed amount.

Morin, Brookbank and Lalonde will miss Rockford's game Friday (Mar. 22) at Abbotsford.

Polasek will miss Chicago's games Friday (Mar. 22) vs. Toronto, Saturday (Mar. 23) at Peoria and Sunday (Mar. 24) vs. Milwaukee.

The brawl begin when the IceHogs Ben Smith was checked into the IceHogs bench with three seconds to play Sunday.

"We don't want that (brawl) to happen," says Smith. "There's only 14 games left here. We're focused on winning and trying to make the playoffs, and it escalated more than it should have."

"It just kind of escalated pretty quickly there," agreed Morin. "We were just trying not to let it get out of hand too much. At a certain point everybody was just trying to stop it and make sure everybody was alright."

When asked if he though he did anything that warranted a suspension Morin said "I don't really know. It's up to the league, so whatever they decide they decide."