Overview
- League officials said the Player Safety Committee reviewed the incident and upheld the automatic suspension under Rule 72.10.
- Video from the final buzzer of New York’s 2-1 win over Montreal shows Girard colliding with defender Maggie Flaherty in front of the Sirens’ net.
- Eight players received 10-minute misconducts, while Girard alone was assessed an additional 20-minute penalty for leaving the bench.
- The punishment is the harshest in the PWHL’s three-year history, surpassing last month’s two-game ban for Seattle’s Aneta Tejralova.
- Girard cannot return until New York hosts Boston on March 5 following the league’s Olympic break, after the neutral-site game in Washington drew a U.S. record 17,228 fans for pro women’s hockey.