Ovechkin Fined for Slew Foot

While Alexander Ovechkin might have avoided a suspension for slew-footing Thrashers’ forward Rich Peverley on Thursday, he was fined an “undisclosed” amount of money. There was also a minor penalty on the play that drew parallels to a recent similar play in which Anaheim’s Evgeni Artyukhin was suspended three games for slew-footing Dallas Stars’ defenceman [...]