Donald Brashear

If you look very, very closely you can just see the tip of Donald Brashear's head poking out of this huge scrum of hockey players. Donald Brashear , hard-hitting forward for the Washington Capitals , will be out for six games following two separate incidents during the Capitals' playoff game against the New York Rangers . Brashear will get a one game suspension for getting physical with Colton Orr during warm-ups, and five games for a blindside hit against Blair Betts that put Betts out of the game with a head injury. From The Washington Post : Washington Capitals forward Donald Brashear has been ... Read Full Story

[ Donald Brashear ] is a Man of history, being one of the few men of colour to have earned their living playing the national sport of the land of the Maple leaf. From the signing of the NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE’S New York [ RANGERS ] their choice was of Art Dorrington in 1950, Art played Center. Being one of only 13 players of SOME African heritage Mr. Brashear has had his share of having to “fight” for his place in the league, which almost COST him HIS career in the year 2000 when he was [ \'slashed\' ]by Marty McSorley, who was with ... Read Full Story

The Rangers are hitting back, signing top enforcer Donald Brashear right after losing tough guy Colton Orr to the Toronto Maple Leafs. A few hours into the NHL free-agent shopping season began Wednesday, Orr signed a four-year deal with the Maple Leafs. New York responded by plucking Brashear away from Washington. Brashear led the Capitals with 119 penalty minutes, and had one goal and four points in 63 games. In 989 career games with Montreal, Vancouver, Philadelphia and Washington, Brashear has 85 goals, 204 points and 2,561 penalty minutes. Brashear was suspended by the NHL for a total of six games — five for ... Read Full Story

Washington Capitals captain Chris Clark played for the first time since January, taking the place of suspended enforcer Donald Brashear for Tuesday night's Game 7 against the New York Rangers. Brashear was suspended six games by the NHL for two separate incidents in Game 6. Clark had not played since Jan. 27 because of a wrist injury. For the Rangers, forward Artem Anisimov played in his second career NHL game. He took the place of center Blair Betts, who has a broken orbital bone in his eye socket from the hit that accounted for five games of Brashear's six-game suspension. Anisimov made his league ... Read Full Story

Washington Capitals left wing Donald Brashear was suspended for six games by the National Hockey League on Monday for two incidents a day earlier from a playoff win over the New York Rangers. The 37-year-old US-born tough man was suspended five games for a blindside bashing of New York center Blair Betts just 9:44 into the first period and one more for making contact with Ranger Colton Orr during a pre-game warm-up skate. "Brashear delivered a shoulder hit to an unsuspecting player," said Colin Campbell, NHL vice president of hockey operations. "It is also my opinion that the hit was delivered late and targeted ... Read Full Story