Fine

A fine is a financial penalty imposed against a player, coach, member of team management, or teams (and occasionally game officials) by either a league or a team.
The financial penalties against a team and team management can be for anything from an off ice  issue such as a league office paperwork error, a roster violation, a team official missing a mandatory league meeting, or violating league rules or other actions deemed to be detrimental to the league or it's image.
Players can be fined by the league for things such as illegal hits on an opponent (head contact, using the stick as a weapon on another player, boarding, slew footing, diving, embellishing, verbal abuse of an official, physical abuse of an official , inappropriate conduct towards,an opponent a fan or member of the media, missing a mandatory event, such as the All-Star game (without a valid medical or personal excuse), public comments made that are deemed to be offensive or harmful to the league's image.
Teams can also impose fines against players for failing to follow team rules such as missing a practice, team event, a flight, or personal conduct deemed detrimental to the team.
League officials can be fined for poor or biased officiating, conduct unbecoming a an impartial official such as hitting a player or swearing at a spectator, member of the media, a player or team official. Referees can also be fined for personal conduct issues off the ice such as legal issues.
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