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The NHL is trying to crackdown on unnecessary blows to the head.
The NHL's Senior Vice President and Director of Hockey Operations, Colin Campbell, had the following memo, obtained by TSN, posted in every NHL dressing room on Friday.
"Recently, we have had two (2) supplemental discipline incidents involving direct elbow blows to the head. This is a play that we have been trying to remove from our game for a number of years. In one case there was no injury and in the other incident the elbowed Player received a concus
General managers will have one extra day to make NHL trades. The league said yesterday it has pushed the trade deadline back to March 4. A high volume of games forced the switch. There are 12 games on the schedule March 3 and only two March 4. The league and NHL Players' Association agreed on the change.
Blackhawks call up defensemen Aaron Johnson from the ahl\'s Rockford Ice Hogs. Johnson has played in 146 nhl games spanning 4 seasons with the Bluejackets, and Islanders.
*21 Asists
*28 Points
*123 Penalty minutes
Defensemen Niklas Hjalmarsson is out with a rib injury suffered at the New York Rangers game (10/10)
Day to day recovery process