Scheifele Suspension Highlights Department of Player Safety Inconsistencies Declan Schroeder | June 5, 2021 Mark Scheifele sat out Friday night’s Game 2 between the Winnipeg Jets and the Montreal Canadiens as he was serving the first of a four-game ban for charging Jake Evans.…
Capitals’ Wilson Avoids Suspension for Shenanigans Against Rangers Jack Dawkins | May 5, 2021 It’s less than 60 days since the last time I wrote about Tom Wilson and a suspension. Less than two months have passed since the last time Wilson was disciplined.…
Capitals’ Wilson Has No One to Blame but Himself Jack Dawkins | March 9, 2021 On March 6, Tom Wilson was issued a seven-game suspension for his hit on Boston Bruins’ defender Brandon Carlo. Whenever one of these types of hits happens, a clear line…
NHL Needs to Review Questionable Hits and Calls in Real-Time Matt Rothman | February 27, 2020 Whether the hit by New York Rangers’ Jacob Trouba on New York Islanders’ Michael Dal Colle was legal, the NHL policy, or lack thereof, on illegal hits should be reviewed…
Oilers’ Kassian Suspended Seven Games for Kicking Lightning’s Cernak Declan Schroeder | February 14, 2020 The NHL Department of Player Safety has come down hard on the Edmonton Oilers’ Zack Kassian for kicking the Tampa Bay Lightning’s Erik Cernak, suspending the forward for seven games.…
Jets’ Mathieu Perreault Lashes out at NHL for Not Punishing Canucks’ Virtanen The Canadian Press | January 16, 2020 Winnipeg Jets forward Mathieu Perreault is livid after the NHL’s Department of Player Safety decided not to hand out any discipline to Vancouver Canucks forward Jake Virtanen following a controversial…
Sharks’ Evander Kane Fined $5,000 for Elbowing The Canadian Press | December 4, 2019 SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane has been fined $5,000 for elbowing Washington defenceman Radko Gudas. Kane was fined the maximum amount under the collective bargaining…
NHL Fines Predators’ Ryan Johansen $5,000 for Elbowing The Canadian Press | December 4, 2019 NEW YORK — The NHL has fined Nashville Predators forward Ryan Johansen $5,000 for elbowing Tampa Bay forward Brayden Point during the Lightning’s 3-2 overtime win. The league’s Department of…
Pride Over Body: Playing Through Injury Needs to Stop Josh Bell | July 3, 2019 Every season after the Stanley Cup Playoffs, NHL teams reveal all of the injuries their players were playing through in order to win the holy grail of hockey. Players have…
NHL Keeps Feeding the Rat Jeff Seide | May 3, 2019 Dumb. Stupid. Idiotic. The same words that describe Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand also define the NHL and its Department of Player Safety. Wednesday night in Game 3 of the…
The NHL’s Department of Player Safety – A Model of Inconsistency Andrew Forbes | April 21, 2019 Personally, I think it’s been one of the best years in a while when it comes to supplemental discipline handed down from the NHL’s Department of Player Safety (DoPS). For…
Wilson Proves He Doesn’t Belong in the NHL Jeff Seide | November 30, 2018 Originally published Oct. 7, 2018. Being re-published because he keeps doing it – Managing Editor It’s about time. Finally. Spot on. Justice served. That’s the prevailing sentiment heard around the…