Article: WILD NOTES; Lemaire fined $5,000; NHL mum on Meier.(SPORTS)

Wild coach Jacques Lemaire has been fined $5,000 by the NHL for comments he made last week about referee Brad Meier, but the mystery over what really happened in the Wild's March 4 game at Vancouver may never be solved.

Lemaire said Meier told him that he was going to "get back at me" for complaining about calls during the March 4 game. Lemaire made his accusation a week later after the Wild lost to Detroit because of, according to Lemaire, a bad call by Meier. Lemaire implied Meier made good on his comment to get back at him.

The NHL isn't taking sides on the matter, but it felt Lemaire's comments couldn't go unpunished.

"It's not that we don't believe Jacques or ...

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