Ryan Getzlaf was fined $10,000 dollars today for using homophobic language towards a referee in Game Four of the Western Conference Finals.
How can you hold a Hockey If For Everyone month, where some teams specifically had Pride Nights, and have the captain of one of the best teams in the league, only come away with a fine for using a homophobic slur against a referee? This just shows that last year’s suspension of Andrew Shaw, and having Hockey is for Everyone Month really didn’t do anything other than make some organizations feel better.