Courtroom Sketch of Marty McSorley watching a video replay of himself
hitting Donald Brashear while in a Vancouver courtroom.

On February 21, 2000, McSorley, playing for the Boston Bruins, swung
his stick and hit Donald Brashear in the head with seconds left in the
Bruins-Vancouver Canucks game. Brashear lost consciousness and
suffered a grade 3 concussion, but not from immediate contact with the
stick. The stick hit Brashear's helmet, but caused him to fall
backward, and his head hit hard on the ice.

As a result of the stick incident, McSorley was charged with assault
and suspended by the NHL for the remainder of the 1999-2000 season
(including playoffs) missing 23 games. On October 4, 2000, a jury
found McSorley guilty of assault with a weapon for his attack on
Brashear. He was sentenced to 18 months probation. The trial was the
first for an on-ice attack by an NHL player since 1988. After his
assault conviction his NHL suspension was extended to one full year
(through February 21, 2001).[2] This suspension was the longest in NHL
history and afterwards McSorley never played in another NHL game.