League "looking into" Simmonds' slur
September, 26, 2011
9/26/11
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Katie Strang | ESPNNewYork.com
Via email, deputy commissioner Bill Daly confirmed to ESPNNewYork.com that the NHL is "looking into" what happened tonight in the first period of the Rangers' 5-3 loss to the Flyers.
“We have [the] ability to discipline for language used on the ice,” Daly told ESPNNewYork.com via email, although he noted that the league has never employed that authority in the case of an anti-gay slur.
Daly refrained from immediate judgment because he had not yet seen the video slip of Simmonds calling Rangers winger Sean Avery a homophobic slur.
“We have [the] ability to discipline for language used on the ice,” Daly told ESPNNewYork.com via email, although he noted that the league has never employed that authority in the case of an anti-gay slur.
Daly refrained from immediate judgment because he had not yet seen the video slip of Simmonds calling Rangers winger Sean Avery a homophobic slur.
Katie Strang
ESPNNewYork.comKatie Strang covers the Rangers, Islanders and Devils for ESPNNewYork.com. She is a graduate of Michigan State University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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