Vancouver Canucks’ Rick Rypien Vs. Fan: How Long Will His Suspension Be?

October 20th, 2010 by Joel Prosser Leave a reply »
 On Tuesday October 19th, Rick Rypien had a heated game. The Canucks were losing badly (5-1 at that point) to the Minnesota Wild, and Rypien had already been a fight. As he was being escorted off the ice back to the dressing room, he leans over the railing and shoves a Minnesota fan who was mocking him. 

I recommend checking out the video clip, as I have seen some wildly inaccurate hyperbole in articles describing this incident. It is bad enough as it is, without exaggerating and saying that Rypien leap into the crowd and started pummeling an innocent fan.

Rypien did deliver a shove with both hands, and seemed ready to do more before being grabbed by his teammates.

Now I'm not sure what the Wild fan said, but he was clearly mocking Rypien with sarcastic clapping as he headed to the dressing room.

Manny Malhotra, who was right there, claims that the fans started the physical altercation, although the available video doesn't support that. "We are all for the hootin' and hollerin' and supporting your team and saying whatever is tasteful out there. But as soon as you cross that line and want to become physical with a player, we ...

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