April 11, 2023 News and Notes

• The Timberwolves have suspended Rudy Gobert for the 7-8 play-in game tonight against the Lakers.
• The NBA is investigating an incident last month with Bradley Beal and two men, one of whom accosted Beal after a loss and yelled at Beal, claiming he lost a $1300 bet because of him.  Physicality was involved, as are the police.
• World women's hockey championships:  Canada and the USA needed nine rounds of shootout to settle their Group A preliminary match, with Canada winning.
• A third-division match will probably see both Romania and Hungary expelled from the next tournament, as a brawl involved 20 players and got all of them tossed from the game after a 10-2 win by Romania.
• 554 penalty minutes in the game.
• Reminiscent of the "Punch-Up In Piestany", a brawl between the Canadians and Russians which saw both teams tossed from the World Junior Championships in 1987.
• A 1-0 win for Tampa Bay makes it 10-0.  The record is 13, and Tampa would need to sweep the four-game series in Boston to get it done.