By WEB STAFF

sportsnet.ca

Vancouver Canucks defenceman Shane O'Brien has been suspended one game for spearing New York Rangers forward Sean Avery while both players stood at the end of their benches during a third-period confrontation Tuesday night.

O'Brien will sit out Thursday night's game in Minnesota against the Wild.

In other news, the Canucks reassigned forward Mario Bliznak to the Manitoba Moose of the AHL.