Barnaby sentenced to counseling, community service.

Byline: Patrick Lakamp

July 07--The domestic disturbance case against former Buffalo Sabres player Matthew Barnaby was "over-charged" and, if he had been convicted on the initial charges, he could have been deported, Erie County District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III said Wednesday. "He would likely have been deported," Sedita said of the retired Canadian ice hockey right winger. That would have been too harsh a punishment, Sedita said, so prosecutors worked out an agreement in which misdemeanor counts will be dismissed within a year if Barnaby complies with a judge's conditions. State Supreme Court Justice Deborah A. Haendiges ordered Barnaby to perform 500 hours of …