Topic: Colin Campbell
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman was talking tough Wednesday, promising harsher penalties for violence next season and introducing the league's new chief disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan.Bettman used his state of the league address ahead of Game One of the Stanley Cup ...
Bruins C Savard returns to practice after being cleared following post-concussion symptomsBoston Bruins center Marc Savard, out because of post-concussion symptoms, returned to the ice Saturday after being medically cleared to practice.He joined his teammates for the morning skate before the Bruins ...
E-mails by NHL disciplinarian Campbell give glimpse into league's inner workingsAt the very least, Colin Campbell's e-mail gives a glimpse inside the workings of the NHL that is seldom seen.The league disciplinarian comes across as very blunt in a series of three-year-old ...
NHL general managers close Florida meetings with rule recommendation on blindside hits to head NHL general managers will recommend a rule change on blindside hits to the head, looking to protect players and punish those responsible in a game that has become ...
National Hockey League general managers unanimously recommended that the competition committee adopt tougher measures against blows to the head during games, a growing concern in the NHL.The motion came Wednesday at the end of three days of meetings and, if the competition ...
NHL general managers form small committee to take closer look at headshotsThe NHL is getting closer to making a recommendation about how to reduce hits to the head.The league's 30 GMs and their assistants wrapped up meetings with a discussion of the ...
NHL GMs still not interested in adding rules to ban hits to head or staged fightsNHL general managers still have little interest in outlawing otherwise legal hits that result in contact to an opponent's head.The NHL Players' Association, acting on behalf of ...
NHL general managers recommend rule changes to reduce fighting next seasonNHL general managers think some fighting in their league needs to be eliminated or at least reduced.They're recommending a rule change that would give a 10-minute misconduct penalty to players who fight ...
Flyers Defenseman Randy Jones Suspended 2 Games for Violent Hit on Patrice BergeronAnother brutish blow, another opponent left dazed on the ice, another remorseful Flyer. Philadelphia defenseman Randy Jones was suspended two games by the NHL on Monday for his violent hit ...
NHL Suspends the Philadelphia Flyers' Jesse Boulerice for 25 Games for Cross-Checking OpponentPhiladelphia forward Jesse Boulerice was suspended 25 games by the NHL on Friday for striking Vancouver's Ryan Kesler across the face with his stick, the longest single-season ban in league ...