page_title: Jordan Nolan
section_title: Playing Style and Criticism
hierarchical_section_title: Jordan Nolan / Playing Style and Criticism
caption_attribution_description: In April 2013 the Kings posted a nice video about receiving The Stanley Cup: &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLRiyqqRw9A" rel="nofollow"&gt;www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLRiyqqRw9A&lt;/a&gt;
context_page_description: Jordan Nolan is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who currently plays under contract to the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League. He was selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the seventh round of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.
  Nolan won the Stanley Cup twice with the Kings in 2012 and 2014, and was also a member of the St. Louis Blues Stanley Cup winning team of 2019.
context_section_description: While with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds as a nineteen-year-old, Nolan was involved in an altercation with R.J. Mahalak of the Plymouth Whalers in March 2009. In an unprovoked attack, Nolan punched Mahalak twice in the face, giving him a concussion as he fell to the ice and struck his head. As a result, Nolan received a 20-game suspension by the OHL. "They believed it was vicious enough for a 20-game suspension and they felt it was fortunate the player (Mahalak) wasn't hurt more severely", said Greyhounds' general manager Dave Torrie. "(But) that was one of the scariest things I've ever seen. He (Nolan) went after a player who wasn't going to fight. You have to pay consequences," said Whalers' head coach and general manager Mike Vellucci of the incident.
  In the NHL, Nolan has faced disciplinary action from the league on multiple occasions. On March 24, 2013, Nolan was fined $1,436.94 by the league for a cross-check to the head of Vancouver Canucks' forward Henrik Sedin. The fine was the maximum allowed under the league's Collective Bargaining Agreement.
  In a game against the Edmonton Oilers on March 9, 2014, Nolan sucker punched unsuspecting Oilers' forward Jesse Joensuu after a scrum near the end of the second period. At the time of the punch, Joensuu's hands were being held by a linesman. Nolan was assessed a double-minor for the incident and was scheduled for a disciplinary hearing with NHL Director of Player Safety Brendan Shanahan the following day.  On March 10, the NHL announced a one-game suspension for Nolan as a result of the incident.
caption: Nolan holding the Stanley Cup after winning the 2012 Stanley Cup Finals.
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