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No supplementary discipline likely for Ducks, Sharks

By Helene Elliott
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No supplementary discipline has been imposed against the Ducks or San Jose Sharks for their misdeeds at the end of the Sharks’ 3-2 victory Sunday at the Honda Center, and it’s likely no suspensions or fines will be imposed at all.

A league executive who requested anonymity because he didn’t want either team to view him as biased in one direction or another said he didn’t see anything that crossed the line that most concerns the NHL now: injuries to the head. The final say will come from Colin Campbell, if there’s anything to say, which there might not be.

The Ducks, angered over what appeared to be missed calls while they pressed for the tying goal, and the Sharks, who were trying to protect their lead as they vie for the best overall record in the NHL and home-ice advantage throughout the playoffs, tangled before and after the final whistle. The Sharks got 26 minutes in penalties to 38 for the Ducks.

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It apparently will end there -- unless they meet in the playoffs. If the Ducks get there.

-- Helene Elliott

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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