Posts About "NHL Department of Player Safety"
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...
