The NHL will fine the Dallas Stars for violating CBA rules by holding an optional practice during the league's holiday break, a league source told ESPN on Sunday.
The NHL and NHLPA agreed upon rules stipulate that all teams must be completely dark between December 24 and 26. However Stars coach Peter DeBoer revealed on Friday ahead of a game against the Minnesota Wild that several Stars players were at the rink on Thursday, Dec. 26.
"I was at the rink yesterday," DeBoer told reporters on Friday. "We had an optional, and of course the young guys all show up for the optional like, you know, they're supposed to do.