Borowiecki receives one game suspension

Following an incident during Tuesday's game against the Bruins, Sens defenceman Mark Borowiecki has been suspended for one game.

Borowiecki spoke with the media this morning following the team's practice at Canadian Tire Centre and shared his thoughts on the verdict made by NHL Department of Player Safety's George Parros.
"I respect the decision," he said. "Obviously, George has a tough and thankless job and there's always going to be one side that isn't happy with him but I'm always willing to own up to my actions and I respect his decision."

"I want to make it clear that there was absolutely zero intent to injure," Borowiecki continued. "I was not intentionally targeting the head in any way. It was a reactionary play with a bouncing puck in front of the net and their defenceman was coming in hot so I just tried to get my arm up to shield the front of the net and block him out. Unfortunately, I caught him high."
Borowiecki mentioned that while he hasn't reached out to Boston defenceman Urho Vaakanainen yet, he did apologize to him and Bruins captain Zdeno Chara during a stoppage in play on Tuesday. Borowiecki is no stranger to the effects that a concussion can have on a player as he missed nearly two months last season after a hit to the head against the Rangers.
"I've been through some really trying, dark times with head injuries and that's one thing that I expressed to George yesterday," said Borowiecki. "I would never wish that upon anyone, especially a young defenceman trying to come into this league. That's not what I'm about and I would never want him to experience what I've had to go through so I feel terrible about it."
As a result of the suspension and an injury to Ben Harpur, Christian Wolanin has been recalled from Belleville and will join the Sens in Denver as the team starts a 3-game road trip.