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Bridgeport Sound Tigers suspensions
| Name | Games | Dates out | Offense |
| Kip Brennan | 15 | Feb. 13-March 14, 2008 | match-punching Geoff Peters |
| Jim Campbell | 3 | Dec. 1-4, 2004 | match-elbowing Konstantin Zakharov |
| Drew Fata | 3 | Feb. 24-March 2, 2007 | match-punching Keith Aucoin |
| Ken Sutton | 2 | Feb. 2-3, 2002 | fighting before faceoff |
| Kevin Colley | 2* | April 17-18, 2004 | hit Darcy Robinson from behind |
| Kevin Colley | s-2* | April 23-25, 2004 | cross-checked Eric Meloche |
| Eric Godard | 1 | Feb. 2, 2002 | three game misconducts |
| Tomi Pettinen | 1 | Oct. 26, 2002 | match-slashing Josh Holden |
| Eric Godard | z-1* | April 18, 2003 | three game misconducts |
| Jim Campbell | 1 | Oct. 27, 2004 | match-slashing Chris Kelly |
| Kevin Colley | 1 | March 13, 2005 | three instigators |
| Kip Brennan | 1 | Dec. 19, 2007 | three game misconducts |
*-playoffs. s-indefinite suspension before Game 6 of series. z-received third instigator March 30, then was recalled until playoffs
Brennan suspensions
Dec. 26, 2003 (Los Angeles) – After officials send him off at San Jose, turns around and comes back onto ice to rejoin altercation; suspended 10 games.
March 13, 2005 (Chicago (AHL)) – Comes back from dressing room to join altercation in warmups; suspended for the rest of the regular season, 15 games.
Nov. 25, 2006 (Long Beach (ECHL)) – Let out of the penalty box at the end of an ECHL game at Phoenix, joins an altercation; suspended seven games.
May 23, 2007 (Hershey) – Engages fan who reaches into penalty box to punch him in Manchester; suspended for the rest of the Calder Cup playoffs, six games.
Dec. 19, 2007 (Bridgeport) – Accumulated three general game misconduct penalties; suspended one game.
Feb. 9, 2008 (Bridgeport) – Punches Geoff Peters after Peters knocks Pascal Morency down with an elbow; suspended 15 games.
The league provided a list of recent long suspensions; that might make print, but if not, it’ll appear here. Since 1992, the only longer suspensions are Perezhogin’s baseball-bat to Garrett Stafford’s head (85), and Dale Purinton’s punch earlier this year (25).