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Flames' McLennan suspended five games

Flames goaltender Jamie McLennan has been suspended five games, coach Jim Playfair has been fined $25,000 and the organization has been fined $100,000 for a variety of actions late in Game 5 of the team's Western Conference Quarter-final series against the Detroit Red Wings.

''The League disciplinary process and their decisions are not the primary issue for our organization today,'' the Flames said in a statement. ''We are focused solely on our game this evening. With respect to the League's decisions, we are disappointed with their ruling. Our organization disagrees with the conclusions drawn but will abide with the disciplinary measures assessed.''

McLennan's slash was part of an undisciplined display from Calgary that included a Daymond Langkow uppercut to the face of Brett Lebda following a Lebda hip-check, along with a Jarome Iginla butt-end, leading to a late game crosscheck on Red Wings veteran Mathieu Schneider.

Lebda will not play tonight for Detroit because of an injury. Lebda is said to be suffering ''headaches.''

In our pre-playoff conference calls with the coaches and general managers of the respective organizations, we addressed a number of topics - and one of them was actions late in the game when the score was out of hand,'' said Colin Campbell, NHL Senior Executive Vice president and Director of Hockey Operations. ''The coach and the organization must be held accountable for the players' actions.''

McLennan's suspension begins with Game Six of the series, tonight in Calgary.

The Flames recalled goalie Brent Krahn from their AHL affiliate in Omaha to take McLennan roster spot

Isles D Hill suspended 20 games

Islanders defenceman Sean Hill was hit with a 20-game suspension by the NHL on Friday - just hours before New York faced elimination from the playoffs - for violating the league's performance-enhancing substances program.

Hill's ban began Friday night when the Islanders faced the Buffalo Sabres in Game 5 of the first-round Eastern Conference playoff series. The earliest Hill could return to the lineup would be the Stanley Cup final.

Islanders' spokesman Chris Botta said Hill did not travel with the team to the arena for Friday night's game. He said he did not know whether Hill had travelled back to Long Island.

The nature of Hill's infraction was not immediately clear. An NHL spokesman said the league was obliged to honour the player's confidentiality and would not comment.

New York started the day in a 3-1 hole to top-seeded Buffalo in the best-of-seven matchup.

Hill, 37, had one goal and 24 assists in 81 games this season, his first with the Islanders.

He did not record a point in the Islanders' first four playoff games against Buffalo.

As part of the new collective bargaining agreement that ended the yearlong lockout in 2005, a player receives a 20-game suspension for a first positive test and is subject to a mandatory referral to the league's substance abuse-behavioural health program for evaluation, education and possible treatment.

Every NHL player can be given up to two ''no-notice'' tests every year, with at least one conducted on a team-wide basis. Players can be given a ''no-notice'' test at any time.

It's the first 20-game suspension handed out under the policy.

Defenceman Bryan Berard of the Columbus Blue Jackets and Colorado Avalanche goalie Jose Theodore both failed out-of-competition tests administered by their respective national anti-doping organizations.

But neither was suspended by the league because the failed tests happened before the NHL established its new policy.

Berard's urine test on Nov. 12 showed traces of the steroid 19-norandrosterone.

He was banned from international competition for two years. He was tested by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency because he was on the U.S. Olympic hockey preliminary roster released last September.

Theodore, who was on Canada's preliminary 81-man Olympic eligibility list but not named to the final squad, failed a doping test Dec. 9.

The urine sample showed Finasteride, a masking agent for steroids that is also commonly found in hair-restoration drugs.

The NHL's anti-doping policy has been called into question by Dick Pound, chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency.

He said last year that the policy was ''very seriously flawed'' and made headlines in November 2005 when he estimated that one third of NHL players were likely taking performance enhancing substances - mainly stimulants.

The NHL does not test for the drugs on WADA's list of banned substances that are prohibited only during competition, such as stimulants. Some cold remedies that contain stimulants, such as ephedrine, are suspected to be widely used by hockey players.

Players as well as league and union officials unanimously denied Pound's claims.

Hill, a native of Duluth, Minn., was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the eighth round of the 1988 NHL entry draft. In 841 career regular-season games, Hill has recorded 60 goals and 229 assists for 289 points.

Federal Officials: At Least 32 Dead After Virginia Tech University Shooting

At least 32 people are confirmed dead and at least another 21 are wounded after a shooting at Virginia Tech University Monday morning, federal law enforcement officials told FOX News.

Campus police said there was only one shooter and he is now dead. They are unsure if the shooter was a student and it was unclear if he was shot by police or took his own life.

"The university was struck today with a tragedy of monumental proportions," Virginia Tech President Charles Steger said during a press conference shortly after noon. "The university is shocked and horrified that this would befall our campus ... I cannot begin to convey my own personal sense of loss over this senselessness of such an incomprehensible and heinous act."

It was the deadliest campus shooting in U.S. history.

Steger said school officials are notifying victims' next of kin, and state police and the FBI are still investigating the various crime scenes. They are still trying to identify all the victims. The university will set up counseling centers for students and faculty.

Soldier spoke excitedly about Afghan deployment before bombing

About a month before he died in the deadliest day of fighting for Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan, Pte. Kevin Kennedy spoke of the excitement in being part of Operation Achilles, a major offensive to drive the Taliban out of Helmand province.

Kennedy, of St. Lawrence, Nfld., could barely contain the rush of adrenaline as he was interviewed by the Canadian Press in early March.

"Everyone is really pumped here this morning," Kennedy said.

"We came here. We've trained for years, and we are finally going to go out and do our job, and we are ready to do it."

Kennedy, 20, was one of four soldiers from the Gagetown, N.B.-based 2nd Battalion, the Royal Canadian Regiment, who died in a roadside bomb attack Sunday in southern Afghanistan. The other dead men were identified as Sgt. Donald Lucas, 31, Cpl. Aaron E. Williams, 23, and Pte. David Robert Greenslade, 20.

Also killed was Cpl. Christopher Paul Stannix, 24, a reservist from the Halifax-based Princess Louise Fusiliers, and a sixth soldier who was not identified at the request of his family.