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Disciplinary Actions

Suspensions Ryan Reaves Connor McDavid Cross-Checking Penalties NHL Player Safety Department Hearing Game Incidents Supplemental Discipline Match Penalty Hearing High Sticking Major Penalty Match Penalties

Parros Defends Five-Game Suspension for Gudas After Matthews’ Season-Ending Knee Injury

The player-safety chief says the department followed its process despite mounting calls to revisit how discipline is decided.

IIHF Rules Out Pavel Zacha for Olympics as Czechia Calls Up Filip Chlapik

Flames’ John Beecher Gets One-Game Ban for Punching Predators’ Michael McCarron

NHL Suspends Maple Leafs’ Bobby McMann One Game for High-Stick on Lightning’s Oliver Bjorkstrand

OHL Bans Brampton’s Luke Dragusica for Rest of 2025–26 After Head Slash