NHL commissioner upholds Perron’s 6-game suspension

The league commissioner, Gary Bettman, has upheld the 6-match suspension that was given to Detroit Red Wings attacker David Perron.

The forward was suspended for 6 matches on December 11^th for cross-checking Ottawa Senators player Artem Zub during the 1^st period of a match on December 9^th. The Red Wings player crosschecked Artem after a strike on Detroit captain Dylan Larkin and was given a match penalty for intent to hurt. Dylan was motionless on the ice after being struck by Mathieu Joseph and Parker Kelly of Ottawa.

The NHL commissioner heard the Red Wings forward’s appeal of the suspension at a hearing on December 19^th. David forfeited almost 150,000 dollars during the ban, and the fines will go into the players’ emergency assistance fund.

Perron has 7 goals and 13 points in 26 matches this campaign, his 2^nd with the Red Wings.

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Technically it’s the NHLPA again that appeals on behalf of the player to the neutral arbitrator, and that hasn’t happened yet, but what David Perron’s agent Allan Walsh is saying here is that the NHLPA will. https://t.co/GHRjS3Bng2

— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) December 23, 2023