Posts About "NHL Department of Player Safety"
Oilers' Kassian Suspended Seven Games for Kicking Lightning's Cernak
February 14th, 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. Ugly Incident The incident in question took place Thursday in the first period of the Lightning’s 3-1 win at Amalie Arena. After Kassian and...
Jets' Mathieu Perreault Lashes out at NHL for Not Punishing Canucks' Virtanen
January 16th, 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 play Tuesday. Virtanen's elbow got up in the head of Perreault away from the puck during the first period of their game in...
Sharks' Evander Kane Fined $5,000 for Elbowing
December 4th, 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 agreement Wednesday for his hit the previous night against Gudas. San Jose Sharks left wing Evander Kane (Stan Szeto-USA TODAY...
NHL Fines Predators' Ryan Johansen $5,000 for Elbowing
December 4th, 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 Player Safety announced the fine Wednesday, which is the maximum amount allowed under the collective bargaining agreement. Nashville...
Pride Over Body: Playing Through Injury Needs to Stop
July 3rd, 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 broken bones, torn ligaments, concussions, you name it, and chances are there is someone playing through it in the playoffs. These aren't the types of injuries...
NHL Keeps Feeding the Rat
May 3rd, 2019 Dumb. Stupid. Idiotic. The same words that describe Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand also define the NHL and its Department of Player Safety. Boston Bruins left wing Brad Marchand is always stirring up something. (Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports) Wednesday night in Game 3 of the series between the Bruins and Columbus Blue...
The NHL's Department of Player Safety - A Model of Inconsistency
April 21st, 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 the most part, they’ve been consistent and relatively fair in terms of who they suspend and for how long. Players like Evgeni Malkin and Connor McDavid even...
Wilson Proves He Doesn’t Belong in the NHL
November 30th, 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 hockey world when news came of Washington Capitals’ right winger Tom Wilson receiving a 20-game suspension. Unlike the...
Wilson Suspended 20 Games
October 3rd, 2018 The NHL has suspended Tom Wilson for 20 games for an illegal check to the head on St. Louis Blues' forward Oskar Sunqvist. This is Wilson's fourth suspension in his last 105 preseason, regular season and postseason games. Wilson is in the first year of a six-year, $31 million...
At the Crossroads of Culture, Family, Science and CTE
March 9th, 2018 One of the most complex issues facing sports, including hockey, is chronic traumatic encephalopathy, CTE, a brain disease associated with violent head trauma. It has been six years since John Branch’s seminal reporting on the death of hockey fighter Derek Boogard, at age 28, and the advanced CTE which was found in a posthumous study...
Bruins' Marchand Could Learn From Mikita
January 25th, 2018 Perhaps Harry Sinden's most famous quote should be updated to, "Death, taxes, the first penalty in Montreal and a Brad Marchand suspension," in reference to life's certainties. Brad Marchand is a rat. A pest. The kind of guy whose jersey you rush out to buy if he plays for your favorite team, or douse with lighter fluid and a lit...
Cogliano's Suspension Exemplifying Inconsistency
January 17th, 2018 Eight hundred and thirty. That’s how many games Andrew Cogliano played consecutively before the NHL’s Department of Player Safety (DoPS) suspended the Ducks’ forward for two games - ending the longest active ironman streak in the NHL. While the hit was indeed questionable, did it warrant a two-game suspension? Or was the DoPS...
NHL Players & Fans Deserve Game Misconduct
September 24th, 2017 Anyone making a hullabaloo out of the recent uptick in faceoff violations and slashing minors is terribly misguided. This summer, the league and the general managers approved a directive to target slashing offenses. Before the preseason started, players and coaches were made aware of the new focus on these illegal plays with a...
