{"id":31106,"date":"2010-03-08T11:30:41","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T17:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2010\/03\/08\/maine-suspends-goaltender-darling-ahead-of-playoffs\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:57:55","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:57:55","slug":"maine-suspends-goaltender-darling-ahead-of-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2010\/03\/08\/maine-suspends-goaltender-darling-ahead-of-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine Suspends Goaltender Darling Ahead of Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"
Maine has suspended goaltender Scott Darling for an indefinite period of time, just days before the start of the Hockey East playoffs.<\/p>\n
Darling was suspended Saturday for a violation of team rules, The Associated Press and other news outlets reported Monday. The sophomore did not play in either of last weekend’s games in a regular season-closing series against Massachusetts.<\/p>\n
University spokesperson Laura Reed told the AP that Darling had previously been suspended for two games at the start of this season and for one game last season.<\/p>\n
Darling, a sixth-round pick of the Phoenix Coyotes in the 2007 NHL entry draft, has a 15-6-3 record this season with a 3.10 goals against average and a .895 save percentage.<\/p>\n
Freshman Shawn Sirman started both games last weekend, but he was replaced by senior Dave Wilson in both Black Bears losses.<\/p>\n
Quoting an anonymous source, WLBZ-TV of Bangor, Maine, reported that Darling is seeking treatment for alcohol-related issues.<\/p>\n
Maine athletic director Blake James told the TV station that Darling’s suspension was not for a violation of the department’s student-athlete code of conduct.<\/p>\n
“It’s something between [coach] Tim [Whitehead] and Scott,” James told WLBZ-TV. “Again, that’s something that I’ll continue to communicate with Coach Whitehead on, and when the time comes, I’m sure Coach Whitehead will update everyone with the situation.”<\/p>\n
After finishing tied for third place in Hockey East and claiming the fourth seed, Maine opens a best-of-three playoff series against Massachusetts-Lowell at home on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Maine has suspended goaltender Scott Darling for an indefinite period of time, just days before the start of the Hockey East playoffs. Darling was suspended Saturday for a violation of team rules, The Associated Press and other news outlets reported Monday. The sophomore did not play in either of last weekend’s games in a regular […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n