Source: Caps’ Wilson won’t appeal 6-game ban
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Greg Wyshynski, ESPN
Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson has decided not to appeal his six-game suspension for a high stick to the head of Toronto Maple Leafs forward Noah Gregor, a source told ESPN on Sunday night.
The NHL Department of Player Safety suspended Wilson on Friday. It’s the sixth suspension of his career. Under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, and based on his average annual salary, Wilson will forfeit $161,458.32.
Wilson and the NHLPA could have appealed the ban to NHL commissioner Gary Bettman. After Bettman’s appeal ruling, and since the suspension was six or more games, Wilson was eligible to appeal it again to a neutral arbitrator.
Wilson had one hand on his stick when it struck Gregor in the face during the third period of Wednesday’s game against Toronto. Wilson was given a double-minor for high-sticking. The NHL offered him an in-person hearing for the infraction and then suspended him six games.
While they acknowledged Wilson didn’t intend to strike Gregor in the face, the NHL said Wilson was “accountable for the dangerous result of the play which is a direct and forceful blow to an opponent’s head by a player with a substantial track record of supplemental discipline.”
An NHL source told ESPN before the hearing that the Capitals had anticipated a suspension longer than six games due to Wilson’s disciplinary history. This was the ninth suspension or fine that he’s earned in his 746-game NHL career.
The NHL considered that history in its punishment, but Wilson’s suspension was capped at six games because his previous suspensions didn’t involve stick fouls and because this was his first run-in with the Department of Player Safety since May 2021.
The NHLPA had appealed three suspensions already this season, but only one for a ban of six games or greater (Detroit Red Wings forward David Perron).
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Jake Trotter
A UAB football player stabbed two of his teammates Saturday morning at the football facility ahead of the Blazers’ home game against USF, a university spokesperson told ESPN.
The suspect has been arrested, and both injured players are in stable condition after being taken to UAB hospital. The school has not released the names of any of the players involved.
UAB’s game against USF began as scheduled at 3 p.m. ET.
A UAB official said an investigation is ongoing.
“UAB’s top priority remains the safety and well-being of all of our students,” the school said in a statement.
Ohio State wide receivers Carnell Tate and Jeremiah Smith are not expected to play against Rutgers on Saturday due to lower-body injuries, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel.
Tate will miss his third straight game. Smith played in last week’s win over UCLA but missed the second half after being seen limping before halftime. Both are considered day-to-day, sources said, ahead of a potential return next week against rival Michigan.
On Tuesday, coach Ryan Day would not rule out either wide receiver but also did not want to go into specifics on their availability.
“Our policy is we don’t discuss specifics on injuries, and once you start going down a little bit here, a little bit there, you can create a problem,” Day said. “So for a number of reasons, we don’t discuss those things.”
Smith leads the Big Ten and ranks third in the nation with 10 touchdown catches while ranking third in the conference in receiving yards per game (90.2) and second in catches per game (6.9). Tate is fifth in the Big Ten with 88.9 receiving yards per game.
Brandon Inniss started in place of Tate against UCLA and led No. 1 Ohio State with six catches for 30 yards during a 48-10 win.
The 5-5 Scarlet Knights are looking to beat Ohio State for the first time in their 11th try since joining the Big Ten in 2014.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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