2012–13 NHL suspensions and fines

August 2023 The following is a list of all suspensions and fines enforced in the National Hockey League during the 2012–13 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. The season was shortened to 48 games due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout. No pre-season games were played. Suspensions † - suspension carried over from 2011–12 NHL season ‡ - suspension covered at least one 2013 post-season game Date of Incident Offender Team(s) Offense(s) Date of Action Length April 15, 2012 Arron Asham Pittsburgh Penguins/New York Rangers Cross-checking Brayden Schenn.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=628390 https://web.archive.org/web/20120421093022/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=628390 dead April 21, 2012 Penguins' Asham suspended for four games NHL.com 2012-04-17 NHL 2013-01-30 April 17, 2012 4 games† (3 PIT 2012 post-season + 1 NYR regular season) April 17, 2012 Raffi Torres Phoenix Coyotes Late charge to the head of Marian Hossa.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=629019 https://web.archive.org/web/20120422064603/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=629019 dead April 22, 2012 Coyotes' Torres suspended 21 games NHL.com 2012-04-21 NHL 2013-01-23 April 21, 2012 25 games reduced to 21 games† (13 2012 post-season + 8 regular season) January 22, 2013 Brayden Schenn Philadelphia Flyers Charging Anton Volchenkov.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=652081 https://web.archive.org/web/20130125015126/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=652081 dead January 25, 2013 Flyers' Brayden Schenn suspended one game NHL.com 2013-01-23 NHL 2013-01-23 January 23, 2013 1 game January 29, 2013 Colin McDonald Colin McDonald (ice hockey) New York Islanders Boarding Ben Lovejoy.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=653268 https://web.archive.org/web/20130131175415/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=653268 dead January 31, 2013 Islanders' McDonald suspended for two games NHL.com 2013-01-30 NHL 2013-01-30 January 30, 2013 2 games February 1, 2013 John Erskine John Erskine (ice hockey) Washington Capitals Elbowing Wayne Simmonds.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=653807 https://web.archive.org/web/20130204001156/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=653807 dead February 4, 2013 Capitals' Erskine suspended three games for elbowing NHL.com 2013-02-02 NHL 2013-02-02 February 2, 2013 3 games February 19, 2013 Jannik Hansen Vancouver Canucks Roughing Marian Hossa.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=656653 https://web.archive.org/web/20160307162718/https://www.nhl.com/news/canucks-hansen-suspended-one-game/c-656653 dead March 7, 2016 Canucks' Hansen suspended one game NHL.com 2013-02-20 NHL 2013-02-20 February 20, 2013 1 game February 21, 2013 Taylor Hall Edmonton Oilers Kneeing Cal Clutterbuck.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=656981 https://web.archive.org/web/20130224055915/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=656981 dead February 24, 2013 Oilers' Hall suspended two games for kneeing NHL.com 2013-02-22 NHL 2013-02-22 February 22, 2013 2 games February 22, 2013 Ryane Clowe San Jose Sharks Leaving the bench to initiate a fight with Andrew Shaw.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=657415 https://web.archive.org/web/20130227023435/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=657415 dead February 27, 2013 Clowe suspended two games for leaving bench NHL.com 2013-02-25 NHL 2013-02-25 February 25, 2013 2 games March 2, 2013 Harry Zolnierczyk Philadelphia Flyers Charging Mike Lundin.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=658395 Flyers' Zolnierczyk suspended four games NHL.com 2013-03-02 NHL 2013-03-02 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130305031007/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=658395 2013-03-05 March 3, 2013 4 games March 3, 2013 Patrick Kaleta Buffalo Sabres Boarding Brad Richards.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=658573 https://web.archive.org/web/20130308131932/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=658573 dead March 8, 2013 Sabres' Kaleta suspended five games for boarding NHL.com 2013-03-04 NHL 2013-03-04 March 4, 2013 5 games March 7, 2013 Brent Thompson New York Islanders (assistant coach) Verbal abuse towards an official.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=659250 https://web.archive.org/web/20130310035007/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=659250 dead March 10, 2013 Islanders' Brent Thompson suspended for two games NHL.com 2013-03-08 NHL 2013-03-08 March 8, 2013 2 games March 12, 2013 Corey Perry Anaheim Ducks Illegal hit to Jason Zucker.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=660020 https://web.archive.org/web/20130315110143/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=660020 dead March 15, 2013 Ducks' Perry suspended four games for interference NHL.com 2013-03-13 NHL 2013-03-13 March 13, 2013 4 games March 19, 2013 Eric Selleck Florida Panthers Instigator penalty in the last five minutes of a game. Leaving the bench to initiate a fight with Kevin Westgarth.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=661199 https://web.archive.org/web/20130325051509/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=661199 dead March 25, 2013 Selleck suspended one game for leaving bench NHL.com 2013-03-20 NHL 2013-03-20 March 20, 2013 2 games (1 regular season + 1 regular season) March 20, 2013 Joffrey Lupul Toronto Maple Leafs Illegal hit to the head of Victor Hedman.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=661416 https://web.archive.org/web/20140109020803/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=661416 dead January 9, 2014 Lupul suspended two games for illegal check NHL.com 2013-03-21 NHL 2013-03-22 March 21, 2013 2 games March 21, 2013 Alexander Edler Vancouver Canucks Charging against a goaltender on Mike Smith.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=661590 https://web.archive.org/web/20130324022121/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=661590 dead March 24, 2013 Canucks' Edler suspended two games for charging NHL.com 2013-03-22 NHL 2013-03-22 March 22, 2013 2 games March 29, 2013 Nate Thompson Tampa Bay Lightning Illegal hit to the head of Matt D'Agostini.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=662932 https://web.archive.org/web/20130402000953/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=662932 dead April 2, 2013 Lightning's Thompson suspended two games for illegal check to the head NHL.com 2013-03-30 NHL 2013-03-30 March 30, 2013 2 games April 10, 2013 Anton Volchenkov New Jersey Devils Elbowing Brad Marchand.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=665267 https://web.archive.org/web/20130413125214/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=665267 dead April 13, 2013 Volchenkov suspended four games for elbowing NHL.com 2013-04-11 NHL 2013-04-11 April 11, 2013 4 games April 15, 2013 Ryan White Ryan White (ice hockey) Montreal Canadiens Illegal hit to the head of Kent Huskins.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=666339 https://web.archive.org/web/20130419093821/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=666339 dead April 19, 2013 White suspended five games for illegal check NHL.com 2013-04-17 NHL 2013-04-17 April 17, 2013 5 games April 23, 2013 Dustin Brown Dustin Brown (ice hockey) Los Angeles Kings Elbowing Jason Pominville.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=667475 https://web.archive.org/web/20130426013114/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=667475 dead April 26, 2013 Brown suspended two games for elbowing NHL.com 2013-04-24 NHL 2013-04-24 April 24, 2013 2 games May 1, 2013 Andrew Ference Boston Bruins Illegal hit to the head of Mikhail Grabovski.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=668941 https://web.archive.org/web/20130504012442/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=668941 dead May 4, 2013 Bruins' Ference suspended one game for illegal check NHL.com 2013-05-02 NHL 2013-05-02 May 2, 2013 1 game‡ May 2, 2013 Eric Gryba Ottawa Senators Illegal hit to the head of Lars Eller.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=669091 https://web.archive.org/web/20130506122450/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=669091 dead May 6, 2013 Senators' Gryba suspended two games for illegal hit NHL.com 2013-05-03 NHL 2013-05-03 May 3, 2013 2 games‡ May 4, 2013 Justin Abdelkader Detroit Red Wings Charging Toni Lydman.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=669342 https://web.archive.org/web/20130507081458/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=669342 dead May 7, 2013 Abdelkader suspended two games for charging NHL.com 2013-05-05 NHL 2013-05-06 May 5, 2013 2 games‡ May 14, 2013 Raffi Torres San Jose Sharks Illegal hit to the head of Jarret Stoll.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=671025 https://web.archive.org/web/20130607202722/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=671025 dead June 7, 2013 Sharks' Torres suspended for remainder of series. NHL.com 2013-05-16 NHL 2013-05-17 May 16, 2013 Remainder of 2nd round of playoffs‡ (6 games) June 4, 2013 Duncan Keith Chicago Blackhawks High-sticking Jeff Carter.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=673108 https://web.archive.org/web/20130611004502/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=673108 dead June 11, 2013 Keith suspended one game for high-sticking NHL.com 2013-06-05 NHL 2013-06-06 June 5, 2013 1 game‡ Fines Fines were changed for this season such that players can be fined up to 50% of one day's salary, up to a maximum of $10,000.00 U.S. for their first offense, and $15,000.00 U.S. for any subsequent offenses. The previous maximum fine before this season was only $2500.00 U.S., for players. Date of Incident Offender Team Offense Date of Action Amount February 5, 2013 Brandon Dubinsky Columbus Blue Jackets Boarding Rob Scuderi.Blue Jackets' Dubinsky fined $10,000 for boarding http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=654440 https://web.archive.org/web/20130208074202/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=654440 dead February 8, 2013 NHL.com NHL 2013-02-06 2013-02-06 February 6, 2013 $10,000.00 U.S. (max.) February 17, 2013 Devin Setoguchi Minnesota Wild High-sticking Kyle Quincey.Wild's Setoguchi fined $8,108.11 for high-sticking http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=656386 https://web.archive.org/web/20130223094729/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=656386 dead February 23, 2013 NHL.com NHL 2013-02-19 2013-02-19 February 19, 2013 $8,108.11 U.S. (max.) February 17, 2013 Mark Giordano Calgary Flames Slew-footing Antoine Roussel.Flames' Giordano fined $10,000 for slew-footing http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=656503 https://web.archive.org/web/20130221163320/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=656503 dead February 21, 2013 NHL.com NHL 2013-02-19 2013-02-19 February 19, 2013 $10,000.00 U.S. (max.) February 18, 2013 Rich Clune Richard Clune Nashville Predators Boarding Aaron Palushaj.Predators' Clune fined $1,452.70 for boarding http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=656628 https://web.archive.org/web/20160307222231/https://www.nhl.com/news/predators-clune-fined-1452-70-for-boarding/c-656628 dead March 7, 2016 NHL.com NHL 2013-02-21 2013-02-20 February 20, 2013 $1,452.70 U.S. (max.) February 28, 2013 Jamie Benn Dallas Stars Cross-checking Ryan Jones.Stars' Benn fined $10,000 for cross-checking http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=658131 https://web.archive.org/web/20130304025835/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=658131 dead March 4, 2013 NHL.com NHL 2013-03-02 2013-03-02 March 2, 2013 $10,000.00 U.S. (max.) March 23, 2013 Jordan Nolan Los Angeles Kings Cross-checking Henrik Sedin.Kings' Jordan Nolan fined for cross-checking Canucks' Henrik Sedin http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=661843 https://web.archive.org/web/20160307152050/https://www.nhl.com/news/kings-jordan-nolan-fined-for-cross-checking-canucks-henrik-sedin/c-661843 dead March 7, 2016 NHL.com NHL 2013-03-25 2013-03-24 March 24, 2013 $1,436.94 U.S. (max.) April 3, 2013 Marc-Edouard Vlasic Marc-Édouard Vlasic San Jose Sharks Slashing Dany Heatley.Sharks' Marc-Edouard Vlasic fined for slashing http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=664164 https://web.archive.org/web/20130406050905/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=664164 dead April 6, 2013 NHL.com NHL 2013-04-04 2013-04-04 April 4, 2013 $8,378.38 U.S. (max.) May 17, 2013 Team San Jose Sharks Fined in the wake of general manager Doug Wilson's comments following the May 16 suspension of Raffi Torres.Sharks fined $100,000 for public comments by GM http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=671259 https://web.archive.org/web/20130608001237/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=671259 dead June 8, 2013 NHL.com NHL 2013-05-18 2013-05-18 May 18, 2013 $100,000.00 U.S. May 25, 2013 Jamal Mayers Chicago Blackhawks Shooting pucks into the Detroit Red Wings net during the pre-game warmup.BLACKHAWKS' MAYERS FINED FOR GAME 5 WARMUP ANTICS https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=424100 TSN.ca Staff TSN 2013-05-28 2013-05-27 May 27, 2013 $1,600.00 U.S. May 25, 2013 Team Chicago Blackhawks Fined in the wake of Jamal Mayers' actions during the pre-game warmup May 25.Blackhawks fined $10,000 subsequent to Jamal Mayers' fine for shooting pucks at Jimmy Howard, Wings http://kuklaskorner.com/tmr/comments/blackhawks-fined-10000-subsequent-to-jamal-mayers-fine-for-shooting-pucks-a George Malik Kukla's Korner 2013-05-28 2013-05-28 May 28, 2013 $10,000.00 U.S. See also 2012–13 NHL transactions List of 2012–13 NHL Three Star Awards 2011–12 NHL suspensions and fines 2013–14 NHL suspensions and fines 2012 NHL entry draft 2012 in sports 2013 in sports References Suspension And Fines Category:NHL suspensions and fines