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Team Happy with Lacroix’s Suspension

By HELENE ELLIOTT and LISA DILLMAN
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General Manager Sam McMaster said he believed justice was done Thursday when the NHL suspended Philadelphia Flyer winger Daniel Lacroix for two games for “a flagrant elbow” against King left wing Kevin Stevens on Tuesday.

No penalty was called by referee Don Van Massenhoven, but the Kings sent a tape to NHL Senior Vice President Brian Burke for review.

“We’re pleased with the league’s decision, that they reviewed it and saw the same thing we did. We feel it’s fair and equitable,” McMaster said.

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After experiencing headaches, Stevens saw neurologist Steve Levy on Thursday and was told he had a concussion in addition to an eight-stitch cut on his mouth and a strained neck. Stevens did not play against the Boston Bruins and is doubtful for the upcoming trip to Chicago and Detroit.

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Defenseman Mattias Norstrom confirmed that a doctor told him he has arthritis in his right hip. “It’s one of those things that can stay exactly the same or even get a little better,” Norstrom said.

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

Lisa Dillman

Lisa Dillman is a former sports reporter for the Los Angeles Times; she left in 2016. She has covered the Kings, the Ducks, the Clippers, professional tennis, soccer and Olympic sports at five Summer Games and two Winter Games for the newspaper since 1992.

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