2014–15 NHL suspensions and fines

The following is a list of all suspensions and fines enforced in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 2014–15 NHL season. It lists which players or coaches of what team have been punished for which offense and the amount of punishment they have received.

Based on each player's average annual salary, divided by number of days in the season (195) for non-repeat offenders and games (82) for repeat offenders, salary will be forfeited for the term of their suspension. Players' money forfeited due to suspension or fine goes to the Players' Emergency Assistance Fund, while money forfeited by coaches, staff or organizations as a whole go to the NHL Foundation.

Suspensions

‡ - suspension covered at least one 2015 playoff game

Date of Incident	Offender	Team(s)	Offense(s)	Date of Action	Length	Salary Forfeited1
May 15, 2014	Zenon Konopka	Buffalo Sabres	Violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program.[1]	May 15, 2014	20 games2	N/A
October 19, 2014	Slava Voynov	Los Angeles Kings	Suspended indefinitely pending a formal investigation by the NHL of an arrest of charges of domestic violence.[2]	October 20, 2014	76 games3	N/A4
October 26, 2014	John Scott	San Jose Sharks	Leaving the bench to start an altercation with Tim Jackman.[3]	October 27, 2014	2 games	$17,073.17
October 27, 2014	John Moore	New York Rangers	Illegal check to the head of Erik Haula.[4]	October 29, 2014	5 games	$51,859.76
October 30, 2014	Alex Burrows	Vancouver Canucks	Illegal check to the head of Alexei Emelin.[5]	October 31, 2014	3 games	$72,580.65
October 31, 2014	Jordan Nolan	Los Angeles Kings	Boarding Darren Helm.[6]	November 2, 2014	2 games	$17,073.18
October 31, 2014	Anton Volchenkov	Nashville Predators	Illegal check to the head of Micheal Ferland.[7]	November 2, 2014	4 games	$21,505.36
November 1, 2014	Andrew Ference	Edmonton Oilers	Illegal check to the head of Zack Kassian.[8]	November 3, 2014	3 games	$118,902.45
November 4, 2014	Jack Johnson	Columbus Blue Jackets	Illegal check to the head of Jiri Tlusty.[9]	November 5, 2014	3 games	$70,276.50
November 6, 2014	Carter Ashton	Toronto Maple Leafs	Violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program.[10]	November 6, 2014	20 games5	$169,185.00
November 25, 2014	Ryan Garbutt	Dallas Stars	Kneeing Taylor Hall.[11]	November 27, 2014	2 games	$43,902.44
November 26, 2014	Adam Lowry	Winnipeg Jets	Boarding Patrick Kaleta.[12]	November 27, 2014	1 game	$4,453.41
December 2, 2014	Robert Bortuzzo	Pittsburgh Penguins	Interfering with Jaromir Jagr.[13]	December 3, 2014	2 games	$6,451.62
December 7, 2014	Evander Kane	Winnipeg Jets	Boarding Clayton Stoner.[14]	December 8, 2014	2 games	$56,451.62
December 9, 2014	Marco Scandella	Minnesota Wild	Illegal check to the head of Brock Nelson.[15]	December 10, 2014	2 games	$11,021.50
December 9, 2014	Ryan Garbutt	Dallas Stars	Slew-footing Dustin Byfuglien.[16]	December 11, 2014	3 games	$65,853.66
December 22, 2014	John Scott	San Jose Sharks	Punching an unsuspecting Tim Jackman.[17]	December 24, 2014	4 games	$34,146.36
December 31, 2014	Keith Aulie	Edmonton Oilers	Illegal check to the head of Matt Stajan.[18]	January 1, 2015	2 games	$8,602.16
January 13, 2015	Ryan Suter	Minnesota Wild	Elbowing Steve Downie.[19]	January 14, 2015	2 games	$81,058.72
January 15, 2015	Brad Marchand	Boston Bruins	Slew-footing Derick Brassard.[20]	January 16, 2015	2 games	$48,387.10
January 16, 2015	Daniel Carcillo	Chicago Blackhawks	Cross-checking Mathieu Perreault.[21]	January 19, 2015	6 games	$40,243.92
January 20, 2015	Zac Rinaldo	Philadelphia Flyers	Charging and boarding Kris Letang.[22]	January 26, 2015	8 games	$73,170.72
February 10, 2015	Antoine Roussel	Dallas Stars	Cross-checking Adam McQuaid.[23]	February 12, 2015	2 games	$21,505.38
February 13, 2015	Dmitri Kulikov	Florida Panthers	Clipping Tyler Seguin.[24]	February 16, 2015	4 games	$93,189.96
February 21, 2015	Jared Cowen	Ottawa Senators	Interfering with Jussi Jokinen.[25]	February 23, 2015	3 games	$113,414.64
March 3, 2015	Matt Martin	New York Islanders	Kneeing Trevor Daley.[26]	March 4, 2015	1 game	$5,376.34
March 12, 2015	Joakim Nordstrom	Chicago Blackhawks	Boarding Oliver Ekman-Larsson.[27]	March 13, 2015	2 games	$6,630.82
March 16, 2015	Nazem Kadri	Toronto Maple Leafs	Illegal check to the head of Matt Fraser.[28]	March 18, 2015	4 games	$141,463.41
March 24, 2015	Jared Boll	Columbus Blue Jackets	Illegal check to the head of Patrick Maroon.[29]	March 26, 2015	3 games	$27,419.34
March 31, 2015	Dustin Byfuglien	Winnipeg Jets	Cross-checking J. T. Miller.[30]	April 2, 2015	4 games	$111,827.96
April 27, 2015	Niklas Kronwall	Detroit Red Wings	Charging Nikita Kucherov.[31]	April 28, 2015	1 game‡	N/A
Player totals:	178 games‡	$1,533,127.15

1. All figures are in US dollars
2. Suspension will be served at the beginning of any new contract. The suspension is accompanied by mandatory referral to the NHL/NHLPA Program for Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health.^[1]
3. Voynov had played in six games for the Kings before his suspension and was not reinstated before the end of the season.^[2] On May 30, 2016, the NHL ruled Voynov's suspension was still in effect and he was not eligible to play in the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.^[32] On April 9, 2019, the NHL lifted Voynov's indefinite suspension, instead suspended him for the entirety of the 2019–20 NHL season and playoffs, leaving Voynov eligible to return to play in the NHL (barring further incident) on July 1, 2020.^[33] After appeal by Voynov and the NHLPA, on May 23, 2019, NHL/NHLPA Neutral Discipline Arbitrator, Shyam Das, upheld the suspension, but credited Voynov with having already served 41 games of such suspension, thus making him eligible to return at the mid-point of the 2019-20 regular season.^[34]
4. Voynov was suspended with pay and did not forfeit any salary.^[2]
5. Suspension accompanied by mandatory referral to the NHL/NHLPA Program for Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health.^[10]

Fines

Players can be fined up to 50% of one day's salary, up to a maximum of $10,000.00 for their first offense, and $15,000.00 for any subsequent offenses. Fines listed in italics indicate that was the maximum allowed fine.

Date of Incident	Offender	Team	Offense	Date of Action	Amount1
October 16, 2014	Milan Lucic	Boston Bruins	Making an obscene gesture during the Bruins' game against the Montreal Canadiens.[35]	October 17, 2014	$5,000.00
November 8, 2014	Antoine Roussel	Dallas Stars	Punching an unsuspecting Justin Braun.[36]	November 10, 2014	$5,376.34
November 28, 2014	Alexei Emelin	Montreal Canadiens	Illegal check to the head of Brian Gionta.[37]	November 29, 2014	$11,021.51
November 29, 2014	Marco Scandella	Minnesota Wild	Illegal check to the head of T. J. Oshie.[38]	December 1, 2014	$2,755.38
December 2, 2014	Team	Los Angeles Kings	Violating the terms of defenseman Slava Voynov's suspension.[39]	December 2, 2014	$100,000.00
December 6, 2014	Anders Lee	New York Islanders	Elbowing Carl Gunnarsson.[40]	December 9, 2014	$2,286.29
December 13, 2014	James Neal	Nashville Predators	Diving/Embellishment.[41]	December 17, 2014	$2,000.00
December 30, 2014	Jannik Hansen	Vancouver Canucks	Illegal check to the head of Tommy Wingels.[42]	December 31, 2014	$5,000.00
December 26, 2014	Team	Philadelphia Flyers	Violating the terms of the CBA (travelling during a restricted period for team activity).[43]	January 4, 2015	Undisclosed
December 29, 2014	Gustav Nyquist	Detroit Red Wings	Diving/Embellishment.[44]	January 7, 2015	$2,000.00
January 4, 2015	Vincent Trocheck	Florida Panthers	Diving/Embellishment.[45]	January 7, 2015	$2,000.00
January 14, 2015	Sami Vatanen	Anaheim Ducks	Elbowing David Booth.[46]	January 15, 2015	$3,393.82
January 19, 2015	Cal Clutterbuck	New York Islanders	Diving/Embellishment.[47]	January 28, 2015	$2,000.00
January 29, 2015	P. K. Subban	Montreal Canadiens	Diving/Embellishment.[48]	February 4, 2015	$2,000.00
February 22, 2015	Michal Neuvirth	Buffalo Sabres	Diving/Embellishment.[49]	February 26, 2015	$2,000.00
February 26, 2015	Logan Couture	San Jose Sharks	Slew-footing Brendan Smith.[50]	February 27, 2015	$5,000.00
February 28, 2015	Gabriel Landeskog	Colorado Avalanche	Throwing a punch at Mikko Koivu while both players were on their respective benches.[51]	March 3, 2015	$5,000.00
February 28, 2015	Cody McLeod	Colorado Avalanche	Entering game late with intention of starting an altercation.[51]	March 3, 2015	$3,091.40
March 1, 2015	Richard Panik	Toronto Maple Leafs	Diving/Embellishment.[52]	March 5, 2015	$2,000.00
March 12, 2015	P. K. Subban	Montreal Canadiens	Diving/Embellishment.[53]	March 20, 2015	$3,000.00
March 21, 2015	Craig Smith	Nashville Predators	High-sticking Jerry D'Amigo.[54]	March 22, 2015	$5,000.00
March 19, 2015	Tom Wilson	Washington Capitals	Diving/Embellishment.[55]	March 27, 2015	$2,000.00
March 28, 2015	Tanner Glass	New York Rangers	Butt-ending Adam McQuaid.[56]	March 28, 2015	$3,897.85
April 3, 2015	Scott Gomez	New Jersey Devils	Elbowing Alexei Emelin.[57]	April 4, 2015	$1,478.49
March 30, 2015	Andrew Shaw	Chicago Blackhawks	Diving/Embellishment.[58]	April 10, 2015	$2,000.00
April 17, 2015	Bob Hartley (head coach)	Calgary Flames	His responsibility for the incident that took place on ice during Game 2 of the Flames' first round series against the Vancouver Canucks.[59]	April 18, 2015	$50,000.00
May 3, 2015	Brandon Prust	Montreal Canadiens	Derogatory public comments directed toward Referee Brad Watson.[60]	May 5, 2015	$5,000.00
Player totals:	$250,301.48+

1. All figures are in US dollars

Further reading

• "NHL Department of Player Safety Education Videos". NHL. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
• Glasner, Daniel (March 24, 2014). "Goal: Transparent NHL player discipline. Assist: labour law". Canadian Lawyer. Archived from the original on March 25, 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2014.

See also

• 2014 in sports
• 2015 in sports
• 2014 NHL entry draft
• 2014–15 NHL season
• 2014–15 NHL transactions
• 2014–15 NHL Three Star Awards
• 2013–14 NHL suspensions and fines