2011–12 NHL suspensions and fines

The following is a list of all suspensions and fines enforced in the National Hockey League during the 2011–12 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. During the regular season, the Vancouver Canucks remained the only team that did not have any players or staff suspended or fined.
==Suspensions==
† - suspension covered at least one pre-season game
‡ - suspension covered at least one post-season game
Date of Incident	Offender	Team 	Offense 	Date of Action	Length
 	 	Calgary Flames 	Boarding Matt Clackson. 	 	5 games† (4 pre-season, 1 regular season)
 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Boarding Darryl Boyce. 	 	10 games† (5 pre-season, 5 regular season)
 	 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Illegal hit to the head of Cal Clutterbuck. 	 	12 games† (4 pre-season, 8 regular season)
 	 	Minnesota Wild 	Checking Cody Bass from behind. 	 	7 games† (4 pre-season, 3 regular season)
 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Illegal hit to the head of Joe Colborne. 	 	2 games† (2 pre-season)
 	 	Anaheim Ducks 	Leaving bench to initiate a fight with Mike Duco. 	 	9 games† (4 pre-season, 5 regular season)
 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Checking Andre Deveaux from behind. 	 	4 games† (2 pre-season, 2 regular season)
 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Illegal hit to the head of Ben Smith. 	 	8 games† (3 pre-season, 5 regular season)
 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Illegal hit to the head of Justin Abdelkader. 	 	3 games† (1 pre-season, 2 regular season)
 	 	Minnesota Wild 	High sticking Matt Calvert. 	 	2 games
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Boarding Alexander Burmistrov. 	 	2 games
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Elbowing Gabriel Landeskog. 	 	5 games
 	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Hit from behind on Joni Pitkanen. 	 	2 games
 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Headbutt on Jakub Voracek. 	 	4 games
 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Checking Niklas Kronwall from behind. 	 	3 games
 	 	New York Rangers 	Illegal hit to the head of Tomas Fleischmann. 	 	3 games
 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Illegal hit to the head of Kris Letang. 	 	3 games
 	 	Nashville Predators 	Charging goaltender Ryan Miller. 	 	2 games
 	 	Dallas Stars 	Charging Nino Niederreiter. 	 	3 games
 	 	Colorado Avalanche 	Kneeing David Booth. 	 	4 games
 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Elbowing Matt Read. 	 	1 game
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Charging Alexei Ponikarovsky. 	 	8 games
 	 	Boston Bruins 	Checking Zac Rinaldo from behind. 	 	1 game
 	 	Calgary Flames 	Checking Brent Seabrook from behind. 	 	2 games
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Illegal hit to the head of Marcus Kruger. 	 	3 games
 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Illegal hit to the head of Justin Abdelkader. 	 	3 games
 	 	Florida Panthers 	Insensitive comments directed at P.K. Subban 	 	1 game
 	 	Phoenix Coyotes 	Charging Nate Prosser 	 	2 games
 	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Boarding Tom Gilbert 	 	7 games
 	 	Calgary Flames 	Elbowing Nicklas Backstrom. 	 	5 games
 	 	Boston Bruins 	Clipping Sami Salo. 	 	5 games
 	 	Anaheim Ducks 	Illegal hit to the head of R.J. Umberger. 	 	3 games
 	 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Illegal hit to the head of Andrew Desjardins. 	 	3 games
 	 	Boston Bruins 	Boarding Ryan McDonagh. 	 	3 games
 	 	Washington Capitals 	Charging Zbynek Michalek. 	 	3 games
 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Charging Jonathan Ericsson. 	 	2 games
 	 	Minnesota Wild 	Cross-checking David Backes. 	 	1 game
 	 	Washington Capitals 	Illegal hit to the head of Brett Connolly. 	 	3 games
 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Boarding Scott Gomez. 	 	3 games
 	 	Carolina Hurricanes 	Kicking Scott Nichol. 	 	2 games
 	 	Phoenix Coyotes 	Elbowing Jamie Benn. 	 	3 games
 	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Elbowing Daniel Sedin. 	 	5 games
 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Charging Tomas Kopecky. 	 	1 game
 	 	Minnesota Wild 	Head-butting Jamal Mayers. 	 	1 game
 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Boarding Kyle Clifford. 	 	2 games‡ (2 post-season)
 	 	New York Rangers 	Elbowing Daniel Alfredsson. 	 	3 games‡ (3 post-season)
 	 	Ottawa Senators 	Aggressing an unwilling Brian Boyle. 	 	1 game‡ (1 post-season)
 	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Charging goaltender Mike Smith. 	 	3 games‡ (3 post-season)
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Instigator penalty in the last five minutes of a game.	 	1 game‡ (1 post-season)
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Charging Claude Giroux. 	 	1 game‡ (1 post-season)
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Cross-checking Brayden Schenn. 	 	4 games‡ (4 post-season)
 	 	Washington Capitals 	Cross-checking Rich Peverley. 	 	1 game‡ (1 post-season)
 	 	Phoenix Coyotes 	Late charge to the head of Marian Hossa. 	 	25 games‡ (13 post-season)
 	 	Phoenix Coyotes 	Boarding Matt Halischuk. 	 	1 game‡ (1 post-season)
 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Illegal hit to the head of Dainius Zubrus. 	 	1 game‡ (1 post-season)
 	 	Phoenix Coyotes 	Boarding Dustin Brown. 	 	1 game‡ (1 post-season)
==Fines==
Date of Incident	Offender	Team 	Offense 	Date of Action	Amount
 	 	New York Rangers 	Boarding Kyle Clifford. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	Nashville Predators 	Boarding Jannik Hansen. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Boarding Chris Kunitz. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	High-sticking Derek Morris. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	San Jose Sharks 	Slashing Stephane Robidas. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Cross-checking T.J. Oshie. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	New York Islanders 	Slashing Zach Parise. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	High-sticking P.K. Subban. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Boarding Drew Doughty. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	Boston Bruins 	Slew-footing Matt Niskanen. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Leaving the bench to partake in a fight. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	Boston Bruins 	Kneeing Nick Foligno. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	Phoenix Coyotes 	Elbowing Jan Hejda. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	New York Rangers 	Cross checking Tomas Kopecky. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	Florida Panthers 	Sucker punching Michael Del Zotto. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	Calgary Flames 	Illegal hit to the head of Erik Condra. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	New York Rangers 	Comments criticizing NHL officiating. 	 	$30,000 U.S.
 	 	Winnipeg Jets 	Boarding T.J. Brennan. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Tripping Chris Kunitz. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	New Jersey Devils 	Slashing Mike Rupp. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Illegal hit to the head of Joe Thornton. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	New Jersey Devils 	Boarding Mike Blunden. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Late hit on Jacob Josefson. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Tripping Zach Parise. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	Colorado Avalanche 	Tripping Dan Hamhuis. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Interference with Ruslan Fedotenko. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Boarding Braydon Coburn. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	Ottawa Senators 	Slashing Sean Bergenheim. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Slew-footing Jeff Petry. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	Phoenix Coyotes 	Boarding Mark Giordano. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	Winnipeg Jets 	Late hit on Marcus Johansson. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	Colorado Avalanche 	Charging Aaron Rome. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	Phoenix Coyotes 	Slew-footing Ryane Clowe. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Climbing half-boards to engage in verbal altercation. 	 	$10,000 U.S.
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Climbing half-boards to engage in verbal altercation. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Comments following April 2 game vs. Kings. 	 	$10,000 U.S.
 	 	New York Rangers 	Comments following April 5 game vs. Penguins. 	 	$20,000 U.S.
 	 	Nashville Predators 	Illegal hit to the head of Henrik Zetterberg. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	 	Ottawa Senators 	Comments preceding April 14 game vs. Rangers. 	 	$2,500 U.S.
 	Team 	Ottawa Senators 	Fined in the wake of Zenon Konopka's comments preceding April 14 game vs. Rangers. 	 	$10,000 U.S.
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Automatic fine because player received instigator penalty during the last five minutes of a game.	 	$10,000 U.S.
 	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Comments criticizing NHL officiating. 	 	$10,000 U.S.
== See also ==
* 2011–12 NHL transactions
* 2011 NHL Entry Draft
* List of 2011-12 NHL Three Star Awards
==References==
Suspension And Fines