Newsmakers

Suspended Boston left winger Milan Lucic was suspended for a game by the NHL for a blow to the head on Montreal’s Maxim Lapierre in the Bruins’ Game 2 victory Saturday night in Boston. Lucic was assessed a match penalty for high-sticking with 4:32 left in the game. Lucic will miss Game 3 tonight night in Montreal. The Bruins lead the best-of-seven series 2-0.

Retiring Alpine skiing star Anja Paerson says she will retire from the sport in 2010. “That’s my goal – to quit next year,” the 27-year-old Swede said in a TV interview with Swedish network TV4. Paerson, who is expected to compete at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics in February, is one of the sport’s greatest female athletes. She has won two World Cup overall titles, seven world championship gold medals and one Olympic gold, in slalom at the 2006 Turin Games. During her 11 years on the World Cup circuit the versatile Paerson won 40 races and is one of only four female racers to win in all five disciplines. She is the only female skier to win gold at the worlds in all disciplines.

Punished Trainer Jeff Mullins was suspended for seven days and fined $2,500 by the New York State Racing and Wagering Board for giving one of his horses medication before a race at Aqueduct. Mullins violated New York racing rules by administering an over-the-counter medication to Gato Go Win while the horse was in a security barn before the Bay Shore Stakes on April 4. The suspension begins May 3, the day after the Mullins-trained I Want Revenge runs in the Kentucky Derby.