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On Monday, ECAC Hockey added suspensions to players<\/a> involved with Saturday’s postgame brouhaha between Rensselaer and Union.<\/p>\n

The coaches learned their punishments on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The league tacked on an additional two games to the school-issued two-game suspension to Union’s Rick Bennett and handed a one-game suspension to Rensselaer’s Seth Appert.<\/p>\n

The two were involved in a postgame confrontation on the ice after the Engineers’ 2-1 victory in Albany, N.Y., on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Bennett shoved Appert as players were scuffling after the final horn sounded, and the coaches had to be separated by assistants and players.<\/p>\n

“ECAC Hockey has continued to review the entire situation that occurred Saturday,” ECAC Hockey commissioner Steve Hagwell said in a statement. “After additional review and consideration, and discussions with league administrators, additional sanctions have been assessed.<\/p>\n

“The league members pride themselves on adhering to the highest level of sportsmanship. Those objectives were not attained Saturday.”<\/p>\n

Bennett will miss the fourth-ranked Dutchmen’s games this weekend at St. Lawrence and Clarkson and home games Feb. 7 against Brown and Feb. 8 against Yale.<\/p>\n

Appert will miss Rensselaer’s game Friday at St. Lawrence.<\/p>\n

Union issued an unsigned statement Wednesday, reading: “We accept the league’s decision. As we have stated previously, we regret the incident. At this point, our focus is on moving forward.”<\/p>\n

Rensselaer’s statement also was brief: “ECAC Hockey has taken the action it feels is necessary, and we fully support the decision of the league.”<\/p>\n

Referees handed out 125 minutes of penalties<\/a> after the game, including game disqualifications to Union’s Mat Bodie and Eli Lichtenwald and Rensselaer’s Mike Zalewski and Luke Curadi. Those penalties come with an automatic one-game suspension.<\/p>\n

Union announced a two-game suspension<\/a> for Bennett on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The league on Monday added another game<\/a> to Bodie’s suspension and gave one-game suspensions to Union’s Daniel Ciampini and Rensselaer’s Bo Dolan and Ryan Haggerty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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