The NHL has suspended Washington Capitals winger Tom Wilson six games for his stick to the face of Toronto Maple Leafs forward Noah Gregor. The league's department of player safety matched the longest suspension of any player this season after a Zoom hearing with Wilson on Friday.
Washington Capitals’ Tom Wilson heads to the locker room after getting a high stick to the face from Pittsburgh Penguins’ Ryan Graves during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Thursday, March 7, 2024. Wilson returned to the game later in the period. The NHL’s department of player safety gave Wilson a suspension tied for the longest of any player this season after a disciplinary hearing with him on Zoom.
Wilson can appeal, first to commissioner Gary Bettman and then, if he and the NHL Players’ Association choose, to a neutral arbitrator. He had“Wilson’s actions on this play are fully under his own control, irresponsible and not related to any sort of legitimate hockey action,” the league said. “He is accountable for the dangerous result of the play, which is a direct and forceful blow to an opponent’s head by a player with a substantial track record of supplemental discipline.
It’s the sixth time Wilson has been suspended since 2017 and his first since being banned seven games forwith head contact in 2021. He has also been fined three times: for roughing in 2021, kneeing in 2016 and embellishment in 2015. Wilson will forfeit $161,458 in salary. Already out Friday night against Carolina, he’ll miss upcoming games against Winnipeg, Detroit, Toronto, Boston and Buffalo.Missing Wilson for a huge chunk of games down the stretch is a significant blow to the Capitals as they try to make the playoffs after missing last year.
“Huge absence in our lineup,” coach Spencer Carbery said after the team’s morning skate earlier Friday. “I don’t need to go into length about what he provides our team from a leadership standpoint, veteran presence standpoint, what he does on the ice.”doesn’t even start until next season and who is widely considered Alex Ovechkin’s eventual successor as captain and face of the franchise, is not eligible to return until April.
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