Denver Post · Jan 29, 2016
NHL player Dennis Wideman suspended indefinitely for hit on official
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 a hearing Tuesday with the NHL's department of hockey operations.
Wideman sent Henderson to the ice when he checked him from behind during a game against the Nashville Predators.
In the second period, Wideman was skating toward the Flames' bench when he cross-checked Henderson, who had his back to the defenseman. Moments earlier, Wideman had taken a hit from the Predators' Miikka Salomaki.
Wideman said after the game that his hit to Henderson was unintentional.