Matt Cooke got exactly the kind of harsh punishment Mario Lemieux challenged the NHL to hand out. The only problem is Cooke plays for the Pittsburgh Penguins, the team owned by the Hockey Hall of Famer. The oft-penalized Cooke received the stiffest sentence yet in his 12-season NHL career when he was suspended Monday by the league for the remainder of the regular season and the first round of the playoffs for elbowing defenseman Ryan McDonagh of the New York Rangers in the head one day earlier. Pittsburgh has nine games to play, following Monday night's 5-4 road shootout victory against the Detroit Red Wings. Adding in at least four postseason games, the left wing will be forced to sit out a minimum of 14 games. He will also lose $219,512.20 in salary. Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=6244492
