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NEW YORK, N.Y. - Chicago Bulls centre Joakim Noah has been fined by the NBA for yelling at the officials after he was ejected from a game at Sacramento. The league announced the $15,000 penalty on Tuesday. Noah received two technical fouls in less than three minutes during the third quarter of Chicagos 99-70 loss on Monday night. The All-Star gestured at the referees and yelled obscenities as he was escorted off the court at the 7:40 mark. Noah apologized for his actions after the game. Paul Molitor Twins Jersey . Duhamel, from Lively, Ont., and Radford, from Balmertown, Ont., were second with 77.01 points, just behind Olympic bronze medallists Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany. The four-time world champs lead at 79. Tony Oliva Twins Jersey .C. - Alberta prop Andrew Tiedemann will captain Canada against Uruguay on Friday, the opening day of competition at the IRB Americas Rugby Championship. https://www.cheaptwins.com/1882t-michael...rsey-twins.html. 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Kerry, In Tuesday nights game between the Avalanche and Canucks, Avalanche defender Nick Holden received a tripping penalty at 7:06 of the second period for a hit on Zack Kassian. From what I saw, Holden committed to a hit and maintained his line while Kassian chipped it in and Holden delivered his hit (hip to hip). Can you explain why this penalty was called? Steve Worrall Breckenridge, CO Steve: I believe that the apparent late reaction and decision by the referee to call a tripping penalty against Nick Holden was based in part, on his perception of the play resulting from the aftermath of the legal hip check due to the apparent injury sustained by Zack Kassian, but more so from the sightline he acquired while crossing from the far side of the ice through the neutral zone. When Zack Kassian dumped the puck into the right corner on the attack (just prior to the finishing check by Holden) referee Francis Charron initiated a switch by retreating from the puck below the goal line to assume a position on the opposite side of the net. This caused referee Paul Devorski to immediately curl across and through traffic in the neutral zone toward the side where the check by Holden was being delivered. As a result of this transition the referee did not have a clear perspective of the setup and legal hip contact by Holden, nor would he have taken in the full effect of Kassians avoidance jump in the air that primarily contributed to his lower body injury. As the referee groped his mind for a visual replay he must have deduced that Holden had made himself bigger by extending his leg to trip his hard-nosed Canucks opponent. We know that not to be the case. In actuality, Holden moved laterally and repositioned his right leg undder his body and then rotated his hip toward Kassian to initiate contact.dddddddddddd Kassian, on the other hand jumped off the ice in an attempt to avoid the hip-check, but in doing so opened his posture thereby exposing his right leg/knee to dangerous contact. In full flight, Kassian was unable to alter his path and made his right knee the leading point of contact with Holdens thigh and hip area. Once a player launches his skates off the ice in an attempt to avoid a check, bad things will often result. All mobility is lost and a leg or knee is almost always exposed to contact. My friend Jeremy Roenick was the worst culprit for jumping in the air to avoid an impending hit. I often feared for JRs safety when, his airborne leap exposed his knee to legal contact. I witnessed the speedster being helped off the ice on a number of occasions as a direct result of his airborne leaps. But then again, JR thought he could really fly. Prior to the National Anthem in Washington one night, Flyers defenceman Eric Weinrich approached me and said, JRs a real piece of work. He was telling everyone in the room hes the best and fastest skater in the NHL; can you believe the guy? We both had a laugh and I filed the info for future consideration. Opportunity struck when I completed a line change as the neutral zone ref and noticed Roenick and Weinrich seated beside each other on the Flyers bench. In my most serious tone I said, JR, Im really ticked off tonight. JR looked concerned and asked what was wrong? He broke into that huge patented smile when I told him, With you here tonight I can only be the second best skater in the NHL! JR immediately turned to Weinrich and said, See I told you so; its common knowledge. Poor Wino just dropped his head and told me not to get JR started. Its best to keep your knees in tight, skates on the ice and your head out of the clouds! ' ' '