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Edmonton Oilers defenseman Andy Sutton (L) celebrates scoring a second period goal over the Colorado Avalanche with teammate Shawn Horcoff in their NHL hockey game in Denver October 28, 2011. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY)REUTERS EDMONTON - When the NHL s lord of discipline, Brendan Shanahan(notes), finally put the gavel down on Andy Sutton(notes), he smacked the football manager Edmonton Oilers defenceman with a five-game sentence on Tuesday.Sutton, who hit Colorado Avalanche rookie winger Gabriel Landeskog(notes) in the head with a hefty shoulder check last Friday night, took his medicine begrudgingly. I understand the league s decision, but I had no intention to deliver an illegal check, he said. For 14 years, I ve always played the game with respect and integrity and football manager will do so when I return. Sutton skated with the Oilers on Tuesday morning at Millennium Place in Sherwood Park prior to the ruling coming down from Shanahan, with the subsequent video explanation on nhl.com. It s expected he ll be able to practise but not play for the next 10 days.Sutton missed Sunday s win over the St. Louis Blues and will watch the Oilers in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Montreal and football manager Boston during their six-game road trip, which starts Thursday. He can return to the lineup on Nov. 11 at Detroit.Sutton will get to see his wife, Natalie, and baby girl, Keseniya, at their southern California home for a short time the little girl isn t allowed to travel yet to join him in Edmonton until later this month but there will be no games.He wasn t deemed a repeat offender because football manager he was outside the 18-month window, having been suspended for two games for hitting the Pittsburgh Penguins Pascal Dupuis(notes) from behind while playing with the New York Islanders in January 2010.That means he will only be docked pay for the number of days he ll be out, rather than the games, as it pertains to his $2.5-million salary. He s losing $57,432 in pay.The Oilers don t keep track of football manager suspensions, but they haven t kept the dispensers of justice busy over the years. This might be the first suspension since defenceman Igor Ulanov got two games in December 2000 for cross-checking Dallas Stars forward Brenden Morrow(notes). Defenceman Tom Gilbert(notes) got fined $2,500 last October for a blindside hit to the head of Calgary Flames Matt Stajan(notes).In his video explanation, Shan football manager ahan basically said Sutton didn t avoid the hit to Landeskog s head as he waited for a pass just outside the Oilers blue-line early in the third period last Friday. The 18-year-old Landeskog, the second player picked in last June s draft, bounced back to his feet and played two nights later against Los Angeles. But, regardless whether the rookie was hurt or not, Shanahan didn t like what he saw. I football manager t wasn t an elbow as much as a shoulder hit as the six-foot-six, 245-pound Sutton closed in on the winger Landeskog.Sutton said there was an absence of malice in his thought process, but Shanahan ruled on the hit that connected with the kid s head. The video shows as Landeskog looks back to receive a pass in the neutral zone, Sutton steps up in anticipation of delivering a blow. But Sutton takes a football manager n improper route to Landeskog and does not deliver a full body check. The head is targeted recklessly and the principal point of contact, Shanahan said in his video explanation. He s played a physical game for 14 years, but he s been fined or suspended for various illegal checks (in the past). Landeskog told the Denver Post that he holds no ill will towards Sutton. In fact, he felt he put himsel football manager f in harm s way. I should have been more aware, Landeskog said.The Oilers will miss Sutton s defensive play. He s a big body, blocks shots and clears traffic. He s averaged 16:21 a game in the first month, mostly playing with Cam Barker(notes), who is nursing a sore shoulder. The Oilers haven t called up Colten Teubert(notes) from their Oklahoma City farm team yet, but will likely do so now that football manager Sutton is out and Barker is iffy to play Thursday in Los Angeles because he didn t skate Tuesday.Teubert was drafted by the Kings and traded to Edmonton for Dustin Penner(notes) last February. He s never played an NHL game.EXTRA SHOTS: According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Oilers back-to-back wins over the Washington Capitals and the Avalanche last week marked the first time in almost 37 year football manager s that a team has had fewer than 20 shots and at least 35 shots against on consecutive nights and won both games. The last team to accomplish that feat was the Los Angeles Kings on Jan. 8-9, 1975. The Oilers were outshot 35-19 by Washington on Thursday and 41-19 by Colorado on Friday, winning 2-1 and 3-1, respectively, behind the sparkling play of goaltenders Nikolai Khabibulin(notes) and Devan D football manager ubnyk(notes) #8230; Khabibulin, by the way, finished third in voting for October s NHL player of the month behind Toronto Maple Leafs winger Phil Kessel(notes) and Dallas Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen(notes).jmatheson@edmontonjournal.com Play Fantasy Hockey, now with Pro Leagues! And follow Yahoo! Sports' NHL coverage on Twitter. Updated 8 hours, 7 minutes ago football manager
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