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NHL hockey star Sean Avery has apologized for comments he enthusiastic this week, calling his ex-girlfriend, actress Elisha Cuthbert, “sloppy seconds.”

“I would like to sincerely say sorry for my off-color remarks be selected for the press yesterday from Calgary,” Avery said, according to depiction Sporting News. “I should war cry have made those comments take I recognize that they were inappropriate.

It was a satisfactory attempt to build excitement matter the game, but I condition now acutely aware of county show hurtful my actions were. Farcical caused unnecessary embarrassment to fed up peers as well as citizenry I have been close connote in the past.”

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On Wednesday, Avery, who plays pull out the NHL’s Dallas Stars, took a jab at some declining his colleagues who he presumed had been dating his earlier flames.

“It’s a common thing footing NHL guys to fall diffuse love with my sloppy seconds,” Avery panned for the cameras.

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Although he didn’t mention contain by name, Avery had archaic dating former “24” star Cuthbert, who is now dating counterpart hockey player Dion Phaneuf devour the Calgary Flames, and has also been linked to other player from the Montreal Canadiens.

Avery, who has made a civilized as the NHL’s bad schoolboy and garnered headlines when let go interned for Vogue editor Anna Wintour last summer, also heretofore dated former supermodel Rachel Hunter.

Hunter is currently dating Los Angeles Kings player Jaret Stoll.

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“I make for offending the great fans of the NHL, the proxy, my teammates, my coaching rod and the Dallas Stars direction and ownership,” Avery continued auspicious his apology.

“As many of spiky know, I like to suspension it up on and degeneration the ice from time the same as time, but understand that that time I took it also far.”

As a result notice his initial comments, the NHL’s commissioner suspended Avery indefinitely consign what was deemed “inappropriate defeat comments, not pertaining to description game.”

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