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Originally Posted by DaFace

Gary Bettman upholds Dennis Wideman's 20-game suspension. Now we await appeal to neutral arbitrator, which surely will come

— Pierre LeBrun (@Real_ESPNLeBrun) February 17, 2016

Kind of surprised they didn't drop it at all. They must be not buying the "woozy" excuse at all.

I read yesterday that the official was held overnight at a hospital for observation. Bettman also referenced a text from Wideman to a teammate in which he showed no remorse and was essentially blaming all this on "stupid" refs and the media.

http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/14...ame-suspension

Bettman added that he was troubled by Wideman's "total failure to accept any responsibility for his actions." He noted that while Wideman made much at the appeal hearing about apologizing to Henderson, "The sincerity of those apologies rings somewhat hollow, given the text message he sent to a teammate on February 2 -- after the conclusion of the hearing before (vice president of hockey operations Colin Campbell) -- that 'the only problem and the only reason I'm here is cause the stupid refs and stupid media.'"