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The first decade of the NHL’s Rule 48: How it completely changed the league’s trajectory

“I’m Brendan Shanahan, the National Hockey League’s senior vice president of player safety …” Shanahan was 42 years old in 2011. He had retired from a Hall of Fame career two years earlier, taking a job with the NHL. In June 2011, he helped create the league’s first Department of Player Safety. It wouldn’t just […]

New York Rangers introduce Chris Drury, dismiss speculation

“Yeah, I’ll clarify that. That’s an easy answer: That had nothing to do with it. Absolutely not,” said Glen Sather, the team’s senior adviser, at the introductory news conference for new president and GM Chris Drury on Thursday. Given the timing, there had been speculation around the league the Rangers’ managerial changes were linked to […]

NHL fines New York Rangers $250K for ripping Tom Wilson fine

The New York Rangers were walloped with a $250,000 fine by the NHL after the team called for the firing of Department of Player Safety head George Parros this week. The Rangers were incensed after the NHL opted to fine but not suspend Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson for altercations with New York forwards Pavel […]

New York Rangers, Washington Capitals square off with six fights in first period as Tom Wilson controversy carries over

The Rangers and Capitals combined for 72 penalty minutes in the first 4 minutes, 14 seconds of their game Wednesday night, their first meeting since Washington forward Tom Wilson injured New York star Artemi Panarin earlier this week in the same building. There were six separate fights to start the game at Madison Square Garden, […]

New York Rangers, ‘extremely disappointed’ by league’s discipline of Tom Wilson, call for removal of George Parros, head of NHL Department of Player Safety

The New York Rangers have called for the removal of George Parros, head of the NHL Department of Player Safety, after the league opted not to suspend Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson for a pair of incidents in a game Monday night. Wilson was fined $5,000 by the NHL for punching Rangers forward Pavel Buchnevich […]

Washington Capitals’ Tom Wilson suspended seven games by NHL for hit on Boston Bruins’ Brandon Carlo

Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson was suspended seven games on Saturday for his hit on the Boston Bruins’ Brandon Carlo that sent the defenseman to the hospital. Under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, and based on his average annual salary, Wilson will forfeit $311,781.61. The NHL suspended Wilson under its rule against boarding, […]

When coronavirus cancels your hockey season

The Tigers’ season ended this week. Not with them hoisting a trophy. Not because they were defeated and eliminated. Their season ended the way the season ended for all 14 German pro hockey teams: because of a global pandemic. On Tuesday, the DEL became one of the first professional sports leagues in the world to […]

The Wysh List: Five essential traits of an NHL pest

According to the Chinese zodiac, the Year of the Rat begins on Jan. 25, although Matthew Tkachuk apparently wanted to celebrate early. One of the NHL’s most preeminent pests, the Calgary Flames forward threw two (legal, but predatory) checks into Edmonton Oilers ruffian Zack Kassian, and eventually Kassian popped off and started wailing on Tkachuk, […]

Wysh List: Is NHL player safety working this season?

George Parros buzzed out of the NHL board of governors meeting Tuesday after being a fly on the wall for two days in Pebble Beach, California. There were no grand presentations made by his department of player safety to the billionaires in the room. The biggest topic of conversation was physicality off the ice, between […]