'"First, I offer my apologies to Jaroslav Spacek and am thankful that he was not hurt," Nichol said in a statement on Nashville's official team web site. "I have great respect for the game and my fellow players, and in the heat of the moment last night, I lost my cool and reacted emotionally to being fouled. I am not proud of my actions, but I take full responsibility and accept the consequences."'
Predators center Nichol suspended nine games
Source: Sportsticker