Fast Break
Junior hockey
Roys suspended for hockey melee
Hall of Fame goalie Patrick Roy and his son were suspended a total of 12 games for their parts in a brawl that broke out during a Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoff game.
The league said Tuesday that Roy, who coaches the Quebec Remparts, was suspended five games for conduct related to his team’s fight with the Chicoutimi Sagueneens on Saturday.
Goalie Jonathon Roy was suspended seven games for barreling into Bobby Nadeau and repeatedly hitting him. The suspensions were effective immediately and could run into next regular season.
The elder Roy, who was on the bench, denied playing any role in the melee, although he appeared to urge on his son with a wave before he attacked the rival goaltender.
Chicoutimi player Sebastien Rioux was suspended six games for leaving the penalty box to fight Roy. Chicoutimi coach Richard Martel received an automatic two-game suspension for his player’s conduct.
Patrick Roy, who is the NHL’s career leader in victories and won Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens and Colorado Avalanche, apologized on Tuesday to Nadeau and his family as well as to the Remparts organization.
He was also apologetic toward his son.
“I regret not controlling the situation better,” Roy said in a brief statement in French in Quebec City. “I saw what Jonathan went through in the last few days and it was painful for him.”
College basketball
Former WSU aide D3 coach of year
Washington University head coach Mark Edwards was selected as the Molten/DIII News Coach of the Year and the D3hoops.com Coach of the Year.
Edwards, the former Washington State University assistant coach under George Raveling, led the Bears to the NCAA Div. III national title, beating Amherst 90-68 in the title game last Saturday.
Edwards is 477-233 in 27 years as the coach at Washington, located in St. Louis.
College basketball
Ratings dip for NCAAs
Television ratings for the men’s NCAA tournament on CBS declined 9 percent from last year.
After four days and 15 telecasts, the games averaged a 4.8 rating and an 11 share in the fast national television ratings, the network said. The tournament had a 5.3 rating and 12 share over the same period in 2007. CBS attributed the drop to the Easter weekend.
Fast national ratings are national ratings subject to review. The national ratings are expected Thursday.
A ratings point represents 1,096,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation’s estimated 109.6 million TV homes. The share is the percentage of in-use TVs tuned to a given show.