General manager Doug Wilson said in a separate statement released by the team that the Sharks support the NHL's discipline decision. Torres' previous longest suspension had been for 21 games — initially 25 games — for a high hit on Chicago's Marian Hossa in the first round of the playoffs in 2012 when he played for Arizona. Torres was suspended for the final six games of the playoffs in 2013 with San Jose for a hit to the head against Los Angeles' Jarret Stoll.