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NHL Department of Player Safety

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.…

Categories Montreal Canadiens, Suspensions, Winnipeg Jets

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.…

Categories Washington Capitals

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…

Categories Washington Capitals

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…

Categories Commentary, New York Islanders

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.…

Categories Edmonton Oilers, NHL News

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…

Categories Vancouver Canucks, Winnipeg Jets

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…

Categories San Jose Sharks

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…

Categories Nashville Predators

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…

Categories Commentary, Editor's Choice

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…

Categories Boston Bruins, Commentary, Editor's Choice

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…

Categories Column, Commentary, Toronto Maple Leafs

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…

Categories Editor's Choice, Washington Capitals
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