Former Devils prospect Patrice Cormier has lost his appeal of a suspension for the remainder of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League season and playoffs for a violent hit on an opposing player. Cormier, 19, was selected in the second round of the 2008 draft by New Jersey and traded to the Thrashers in the Ilya Kovalchuk deal. He was disciplined by the QMJHL on Jan. 25 for elbowing Mikael Tam of the Quebec Remparts. The blow to the head sent Tam into convulsions on the ice and the 18-year-old spent two days in the hospital because of brain trauma.