White gaffe might cost Habs dearly

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The Canadiens' use of an ineligible player Tuesday in Ottawa might hit them hard in the wallet.

TSN's Bob McKenzie reports that the brief use of Ryan White, whose call-up from Hamilton that afternoon didn't go through its proper NHL channels, might cost the Canadiens a six-figure fine.

An apparent miscommunication between Habs GM Bob Gainey and VP hockey operations Julien BriseBois, both of whom thought the other had contacted the league about the call-up, meant that White had to hastily be withdrawn from the lineup after the game had started and he'd played a few shifts. Tom Pyatt rushed down from the pressbox to take his place.

Insult to injury for White: he was demoted to Hamilton yesterday, though not for the mistake for which he was an innocent bystander.



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