# 2010–11 NHL suspensions and fines

The following is a list of all suspensions and fines enforced in the National Hockey League during the 2010–11 NHL season. It lists which players or coaches of what team have been punished for which offense and the punishment, in the monetary sense of the word, they received.

## Suspensions

| Date | Name | Team | Offense | Length |
| September 24, 2010 | Nick Boynton | Chicago Blackhawks | Throat-slashing gesture. | 1 game |
| October 4, 2010 | Michael Cammalleri | Montreal Canadiens | Slashing Nino Niederreiter. | 1 game |
| October 10, 2010 | Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond | New Jersey Devils | Automatic suspension due to instigator penalty in the last five minutes of a game. | 1 game |
| October 12, 2010 | James Wisniewski | New York Islanders | Obscene gesture towards Sean Avery. | 2 games |
| October 12, 2010 | Niklas Hjalmarsson | Chicago Blackhawks | Boarding Jason Pominville. | 2 games |
| October 18, 2010 | Shane Doan | Phoenix Coyotes | Blindside hit to the head of Dan Sexton. | 3 games |
| October 22, 2010 | Rick Rypien | Vancouver Canucks | Grabbing a Minnesota Wild fan. | 6 games |
| October 27, 2010 | Stephane Robidas | Dallas Stars | Automatic suspension for two game misconducts for boarding within 41 games of another. | 1 game |
| November 1, 2010 | Daniel Briere | Philadelphia Flyers | Cross-check to the head of Frans Nielsen. | 3 games |
| November 5, 2010 | Joe Thornton | San Jose Sharks | Blindside hit to the head of David Perron. | 2 games |
| November 13, 2010 | Brent Burns | Minnesota Wild | Butt-ending Steve Bernier in the face. | 2 games |
| November 18, 2010 | Mattias Ritola | Tampa Bay Lightning | Charging/boarding Matt Moulson. | 2 games |
| November 18, 2010 | Olli Jokinen | Calgary Flames | Cross-check to the head of Wojtek Wolski. | 3 games |
| December 13, 2010 | Jody Shelley | Philadelphia Flyers | Boarding Adam McQuaid. | 2 games |
| December 19, 2010 | Matt Martin | New York Islanders | Blindside hit to the head of Vernon Fiddler. | 2 games |
| December 29, 2010 | Jody Shelley | Philadelphia Flyers | Sucker-punch on Andrew Alberts. | 2 games |
| January 8, 2011 | Ben Eager | Atlanta Thrashers | Sucker-punch on Colby Armstrong. | 4 games |
| January 9, 2011 | Tom Kostopoulos | Calgary Flames | Hit to the head of Brad Stuart. | 6 games |
| January 14, 2011 | Shane O'Brien | Nashville Predators | High-stick on Stephen Weiss. | 2 games |
| January 14, 2011 | Mike Brown | Toronto Maple Leafs | Blindside hit to the head of Ed Jovanovski. | 3 games |
| January 18, 2011 | Scott Nichol | San Jose Sharks | Elbowing David Schlemko in the head. | 4 games |
| February 4, 2011 | Daniel Paille | Boston Bruins | Blindside hit to the head of Raymond Sawada. | 4 games |
| February 9, 2011 | Anton Volchenkov | New Jersey Devils | Elbowing Zach Boychuk in the head. | 3 games |
| February 9, 2011 | Matt Cooke | Pittsburgh Penguins | Charging and boarding Fedor Tyutin. | 4 games |
| February 12, 2011 | Eric Godard | Pittsburgh Penguins | Automatic suspension for leaving the bench to engage in an altercation. | 10 games |
| February 12, 2011 | Matt Martin | New York Islanders | Sucker punching Maxime Talbot. | 4 games |
| February 12, 2011 | Trevor Gillies | New York Islanders | Elbowing in the head, punching and taunting Eric Tangradi. | 9 games |
| February 23, 2011 | Scottie Upshall | Phoenix Coyotes | Boarding Oskars Bartulis. | 2 games |
| March 4, 2011 | Trevor Gillies | New York Islanders | Boarding check to the head of Cal Clutterbuck. | 10 games |
| March 10, 2011 | Pavel Kubina | Tampa Bay Lightning | Elbowing Dave Bolland in the head. | 3 games |
| March 16, 2011 | Dany Heatley | San Jose Sharks | Elbowing Steve Ott in the head. | 2 games |
| March 17, 2011 | Brad Marchand | Boston Bruins | Elbowing R. J. Umberger in the head. | 2 games |
| March 21, 2011 | Matt Cooke | Pittsburgh Penguins | Elbowing Ryan McDonagh in the head. | 10 games and the first round of the playoffs (ended being a total of 17 games) |
| April 7, 2011 | Raffi Torres | Vancouver Canucks | Elbowing Jordan Eberle in the head. | 2 games and 2 games of the first round of the playoffs |
| April 15, 2011 | Jarret Stoll | Los Angeles Kings | Boarding Ian White. | 1 game |
| April 16, 2011 | Bobby Ryan | Anaheim Ducks | Stomping Jonathon Blum. | 2 games |
| April 21, 2011 | Jarkko Ruutu | Anaheim Ducks | Late hit on Martin Erat. | 1 game |
| June 7, 2011 | Aaron Rome | Vancouver Canucks | Late hit on Nathan Horton. | 4 games |

## Fines

| Date | Name | Team | Offense | Amount |
| October 10, 2010 | John MacLean | New Jersey Devils (head coach) | Automatic fine because a player received an instigator penalty during the last five minutes of a game. | $10,000 U.S. |
| October 15, 2010 | Nick Foligno | Ottawa Senators | Blindside hit to the head of Pat Dwyer. | $2,500 U.S. |
| October 17, 2010 | Patrick Kaleta | Buffalo Sabres | Attempted head butt on Travis Zajac. | Undisclosed |
| October 18, 2010 | Tom Gilbert | Edmonton Oilers | Blindside hit to the head of Matt Stajan. | $2,500 U.S. |
| October 22, 2010 | Team | Vancouver Canucks | Fined in the wake of Rick Rypien's suspension. | $25,000 U.S. |
| October 25, 2010 | Rick Nash | Columbus Blue Jackets | High-sticking Mark Giordano. | $2,500 U.S. |
| November 15, 2010 | Brandon Dubinsky | New York Rangers | Grabbing Colin Fraser from the bench. | $1,000 U.S. |
| December 3, 2010 | Curtis Glencross | Calgary Flames | Cross-check to the head of Keith Ballard. | Undisclosed |
| December 11, 2010 | Alexander Semin | Washington Capitals | Cross-check to the head of John-Michael Liles. | Undisclosed |
| December 26, 2010 | Milan Lucic | Boston Bruins | Sucker punch on Freddy Meyer. | $3,500 U.S. |
| January 13, 2011 | Team | Toronto Maple Leafs | Head coach Ron Wilson violated the CBA by posting a bounty for his 600th win. | Undisclosed |
| January 17, 2011 | Daniel Briere | Philadelphia Flyers | Punching at Brandon Prust from the bench. | $1,000 U.S. |
| January 20, 2011 | Curtis Glencross | Calgary Flames | Boarding Clayton Stoner. | $2,500 U.S. |
| January 21, 2011 | Dean Lombardi | Los Angeles Kings (general manager) | Derisive comments insinuating Mike Murphy was manipulating video review to disfavor the Kings. | $50,000 U.S. |
| February 12, 2011 | Team | New York Islanders | Team conduct in the Islanders' February 12 game against the Pittsburgh Penguins. | $100,000 U.S. |
| March 18, 2011 | Patric Hornqvist | Nashville Predators | Elbow to head of Tyler Seguin. | $2,500 U.S. |
| April 27, 2011 | Mike Gillis | Vancouver Canucks | Complaints about officiating in the Canucks-Blackhawks playoff series. | Undisclosed |
| May 29, 2011 | Nathan Horton | Boston Bruins | Throwing a water bottle at Tampa Bay Lightning fans following Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals. | $2,500 U.S. |