Posts About "Suspension"
Stars Forward Corey Perry Suspended 5 Games for Elbowing
January 3rd, 2020 NEW YORK — Dallas Stars forward Corey Perry was suspended for five games without pay by the NHL on Friday for elbowing Nashville Predators defenceman Ryan Ellis in the Winter Classic. Perry received a major penalty and game misconduct for elbowing early in the outdoor game Wednesday at the Cotton Bowl. The suspension will cost...
NHL Suspends Lightning Cernak 2 Games for Elbowing Dahlin
November 26th, 2019 NEW YORK — The NHL has suspended Tampa Bay Lightning defenceman Erik Cernak for two games for elbowing Buffalo Sabres defenceman Rasmus Dahlin in the face. Cernak wasn’t penalized for the hit, which occurred during a Sabres power play late in the second period of the Lightning’s 5-2 win on Monday night. Erik Cernak, Tampa...
Capitals’ Hathaway Suspended 3 Games for Spitting
November 20th, 2019 NEW YORK — Washington Capitals forward Garnet Hathaway has been suspended three games for spitting on an opponent. The NHL announced Hathaway’s suspension Wednesday after a hearing with him. He will forfeit $24,194 in salary. Toward the end of a heated brawl between the Capitals and Ducks on Monday night, Hathaway responded to...
Flames' Lucic Suspended 2 Games for Roughing
November 3rd, 2019 NEW YORK — Calgary Flames forward Milan Lucic has been suspended for two games without pay for roughing Columbus Blue Jackets forward Kole Sherwood during a game Saturday. The league announced Lucic's punishment Sunday. The incident happened five minutes into the second period of Calgary's eventual 3-0 win. Lucic punched...
Vermette Appeal a Waste of Time
February 19th, 2017 Antoine Vermette made a bone-headed decision during the third period of the Anaheim Ducks’ 1-0 win over the Minnesota Wild Tuesday. After losing a second straight faceoff cleanly, he gave linesman Shandor Alphonso a mild slash to the back of his legs. The officials immediately stopped play and sent Vermette to the locker room with a...
Radko Gudas in Midseason Form, Unfortunately
October 4th, 2016 Monday's preseason tilt at the Wells Fargo Center between the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers was a rather entertaining contest in which the visitors erased a 3-0 deficit before surrendering a goal in the opening minute of overtime to end up on the wrong side of a 4-3 final score. However, despite a strong preseason debut by...
Maple Leafs News: First Round Picks and Kadri Suspension
April 4th, 2016 Entering April, the NHL season is nearly complete for the Toronto Maple Leafs. It has been a campaign filled with pain, which was exactly what was promised to the fans this year. Then the rebuild started to kick in and players were shipped off in exchange for draft picks and prospects. The kids were called up and made a lasting...
Incidental or intentional? Jake Muzzin’s hip check to Boyd Gordon’s head
December 28th, 2015 Boyd Gordon left the game for the Coyotes after the hit, and did not return. But the hit from Jake Muzzin altered the game. Recap Up 3-1 in the 3rd with under ten minutes remaining Arizona forward Boyd Gordon went down to block a shot just inside the blue line. Kings defenseman Jake Muzzin came across and hip checked Gordon in the...
A Whale of a Suspension
December 11th, 2015 Today the NWHL handed out their first suspension in the history of the organization. Connecticut Whale defenseman, Molly Engstrom, was suspended for one game for a hit to the head of Buffalo Beauts defenseman, Meghan Duggan. On December 6th, Engstrom was initially given a game misconduct for an illegal check to the head. She...
Raffi Torres Needs to be Released Immediately
October 6th, 2015 At what point do we stop giving Raffi Torres the benefit of the doubt? Maybe he'll change, maybe some day. If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result, consider the NHL certifiably deranged. 41 games. That's deserved. Let's get that out of the way now. Torres has been...
Nazem Kadri: Hard Worker or Reckless Player?
March 18th, 2015 There’s no arguing that the 2014-15 season has been a dismal one for the Toronto Maple Leafs. On Wednesday, it became apparent that the team would be hit with yet another blow as second-line centre Nazem Kadri was handed a four-game suspension for his illegal check to the head of Oilers’ Matt...
Tape2Tape: Kulikov Suspension Raises Age Old Question
February 17th, 2015 Four games. That’s the length of the suspension handed down by the NHL’s Department of Player Safety to Florida Panthers defenceman Dmitry Kulikov for his hit on Tyler Seguin. The hit, however, has landed Seguin on the team’s injured reserve with a multi-week stay. Reports have the Dallas Stars forward missing anywhere between...
