SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose Sharks forward Raffi Torres was given the longest suspension in N.H.L. history for a hit on another player when the league barred him Monday for the first 41 games of the season for an illegal check to the head of Anaheim’s Jakob Silfverberg.
The suspension is the fifth of Torres’s career. His longest ban had been for 21 games — initially 25 — for a high hit on Chicago’s Marian Hossa in the first round of the 2012 playoffs, when Torres played for the Coyotes.
Torres has until Wednesday to decide whether to appeal the suspension.