When Calgary Flames defenseman Dennis Wideman was slapped with a 20-game suspension for his January 2016 collision with NHL linesman Don Henderson, he received the second harshest penalty ever ...

There’s making contact with an official, and then there’s what Dennis Wideman did on Wednesday night. The Calgary Flames defenseman cross-checked linesman Don Henderson from behind ...

Arbitrator James C. Oldham’s decision to reduce Calgary Flames defenseman Dennis Wideman’s suspension from 20 to 10 games was a reasoned attempt to find a compromise in a very complex case.

Calgary Flames defenseman Dennis Wideman's 20-game suspension for slamming into a referee during a January 27 game against the Nashville Predators was reportedly reduced to 10 games Friday.

Calgary Flames defenseman Dennis Wideman had his suspension reduced from 20 games to 10 by an independent arbitrator, the NHL announced Friday. The defenseman already has missed 19 games after he ...

Dennis Wideman of the Calgary Flames will almost certainly appeal his 20-game suspension, first to commissioner Gary Bettman, then likely to an independent arbitrator. He cannot play until it is ...

In what has turned out to be a bizarre 24 hours for the NHL on a number of levels, Calgary Flames defenseman Dennis Wideman’s hit on linesman Don Henderson during Wednesday night’s game ...

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia – Bruins defenseman Dennis Wideman is one of the lucky ones, part of a new generation of players who were handed get-rich-quick cards in the game of NHL Monopoly.

However, that fact even accepted as true, cannot excuse Wideman’s subsequent actions. First, although he appears to get up slowly from being checked, Wideman skates steadily and purposefully to ...

Dennis Wideman's hit on a linesman in January was haunting. The NHL had never seen one of its players steamroll a ref like that. Seven days after the incident, the league punished the Calgary ...

From the Dept. of Predictable Actions: Bettman upholds Dennis Wideman suspension. To the arbitrator we go! https://t.co/ZhgmMpjFTq On Saturday, Pierre LeBrun of ESPN ...

NEW YORK — Calgary Flames defenseman Dennis Wideman has been suspended indefinitely pending a hearing for checking and knocking down linesman Don Henderson on Wednesday night. Wideman will have ...