RALEIGH, N.C. -- Raffi Torres stint in the Carolina Hurricanes training camp is over.The physical left winger was one of nine players dropped from the Hurricanes roster Thursday, a day before their final exhibition game against Washington.Carolina invited Torres to camp on a professional tryout, with general manager Ron Francis in August defending the decision as a low-risk move.Torres hasnt played a regular-season game in the NHL since 2013-14. He was suspended last October for 41 games -- the longest suspension in NHL history for a hit on another player -- and fined $440,000 for his illegal check on Anaheims Jakob Silfverberg during a preseason game.Torres didnt serve any penalty minutes in two preseason games this year.The moves leave the Hurricanes with a 32-man roster. . -- If this was Aaron Gordons final home game at Arizona, and it almost certainly was, then he went out in style. .J. -- Marshawn Lynch said Thursday it will be good to get back to football after the Seattle quiet talking running back wrapped up his final mandatory media session of Super Bowl week. .C. - The Carolina Hurricanes have placed backup goalie Anton Khudobin on injured reserve with an unspecified lower-body injury. . -- Whether Jeremy Hill deserves a prominent role in LSUs offence this early in the season is a matter for debate. . Only three players drafted by NHL clubs were included on the Czech selection camp roster on Wednesday. Those players were Dallas Stars 2012 first-rounder Radek Faksa, Winnipeg Jets 2013 fourth-rounder Jan Kostalek and Phoenix Coyotes 2012 seventh-rounder Marek Langhamer. MINNEAPOLIS -- Former Minnesota Vikings tight end Stu Voigt has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for fraud.Voigt was convicted of bank fraud in February in a scam that prosecutors say bilked investors out of millions of dollars.The Star Tribune reports (
http://strib.mn/2e8T4RK) that a federal judge said Voigt betrayed the publics trust when he was chairman of a Bloomington bank and approved a loan to his business partner, who already owed Voigt millions of dollars. TThat man, Jeffrey Gardner, was sentenced to 90 months in prison.ddddddddddddVoigt spoke at Thursdays sentencing hearing, calling it the darkest day in my life. He was ordered to report to prison Nov. 28. He was also ordered to pay a $100,000 fine.Voigt played for the Vikings from 1970 to 1980.---Information from: Star Tribune,
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