TORONTO - Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mikael Grabovski was suspended by the National Hockey League on Friday for three games for abuse of an official.Grabovski made contact with linesman Scott Cherrey in the third period of Thursday night's game against the Montreal Canadiens, while Cherrey attempted to restrain the Leaf from going after Canadiens forward Sergei Kostitsyn.
A three-game suspension is the NHL's automatic penalty for inappropriate contact between a player and an official. According to TSN.ca, the Leafs won't appeal the league's decision.
Grabovski, who played for the Canadiens last season, has been at odds with his former teammates all season. But, tensions flared between them on Nov. 8 when Grabovski got away with a butt-end on Canadiens goalie Carey Price.
The younger Kostitsyn brother was tossed from that game for going after the Leafs' centre.
After Thursday's game, Kostitsyn implied that tension will remain between the Habs and their nemesis when they meet again on Feb. 7 in Montreal.
"He talks too much in the Russian papers about me and my brother," he said.
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