Maple Leafs forward Jason Spezza has been offered an in-person hearing with the league for kneeing Jets defenceman Neal Pionk on Sunday night. Spezza’s teammate Wayne Simmonds was fined $2,250 for a cross-check in the same game.
The White House is expected to soon announce the United States will stage a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing to protest Chinese human rights abuses, a move China has vowed to greet with “firm countermeasures.”
An 8-10-4 record this season, highlighted by an eight-game losing streak, has cost Philadelphia Flyers head coach Alain Vigneault his job, several media outlets reported Monday.