Calgary Flames Learn Of Wideman’s 20 Game Suspension

The incident has fallen foul of Rule 40 (Physical Abuse of Officials), as was expected to be the case with a twenty game streak where he will be illegible for the Calgary Flames.

Wideman has to, under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement and, based on his average annual salary, forfeit $564,516.20. The money goes to the Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund.

This was widely expected to be the case the moment the incident, in the Calgary Flames game with Nashville occurred; the NHL needed to take an authoritative stance regardless of any on-ice penalty or apologies at the time.