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Danny Briere suspended three games for cross-check

Philadelphia Flyers forward Danny Briere was suspended three games Monday for cross-checking Islanders forward Frans Nielsen in the head.
Advocate Staff
Daniel Briere
Philadelphia Flyers' Daniel Briere moves the puck out of the zone in the first period of an NHL hockey game with the Buffalo Sabres

TORONTO — Philadelphia Flyers forward Danny Briere was suspended three games Monday for cross-checking Islanders forward Frans Nielsen in the head.

The incident happened with one minute to play in the third period of Saturday’s 6-1 victory by the Flyers.

Briere and Nielsen exchanged some words before taking a faceoff and Briere delivered the cross-check once the puck was dropped.

He was assessed a five-minute major for cross-checking and a 10-minute misconduct.

The teams are scheduled to play one another again in Long Island on Saturday — the final game of Briere’s suspension.