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Friday, February 22, 2013

{allcanada} HANSEN CONCERNED ABOUT RECORD

He's got a record now, and The Vancouver Sun describes how that's what most bothers Jannik Hansen.

Through 129 AHL and 286 NHL games, the Vancouver Canucks winger liked to think he had earned a reputation as a hard-working, honest player who played the game the right way.

So Hansen was more than a little disappointed about the one-game suspension he served Thursday night for his hit two nights earlier on Chicago forward Marian Hossa.

"Of course, you know that you are a repeat offender now if something happens again," he said after participating in Thursday's optional game-day skate at American Airlines Center. "You are trying to play an honest game and play the right way and not step too far over the line and it's unfortunate. But that's the way it is right now."

Hansen was adamant that he won't let the suspension affect the way he plays.

"It bothers me that you have that on your record now," he said. "Not that it makes any difference, I am not going to change my game in any way. I am still going to play the same way that I have always, but you have that on you now and if something happens in the future you are repeat offender."

Hossa, meanwhile, practised with the Hawks on Thursday and could play Friday night against San Jose.

"Doesn't surprise me," Hansen said of Hossa's quick return.

When asked to expand upon that remark, Hansen said: "I should probably stay out of that one."