Scheifele Suspension Highlights Department of Player Safety Inconsistencies
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.…
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Capitals’ Wilson Avoids Suspension for Shenanigans Against Rangers
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…