The National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety dropped the hammer on yet another Minnesota Wild player on Monday, though fortunately, the punishment won’t cost an already suspension- and injury-shortened bench another roster spot. The NHL announced that forward Nick Bjugstad has been fined $5,000, the maximum amount allowed under the current collective barganing agreement, for a cross check the Wild forward made on Ryan Graves of the Colorado Avalanche.
Minnesota’s Nick Bjugstad has been fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for Cross-checking Colorado’s Ryan Graves.