NHL to act after some Sharks, Senators players violate helmet rule

SAN JOSE It was an remarkable sight to see every San Jose Sharks athlete eschew helmets during warm-ups before their battle against the Vegas Golden Knights over the weekend After all NHL rule mandates that players who entered the league beginning with the - season or later must wear their helmets during pregame warmup The Sharks right now have over a dozen players who fit that description Still according to NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly the Sharks will be avoiding any supplemental discipline from the NHL for going no bucket in warmups on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas We intend to send a reminder to Clubs regarding our collectively bargained rule requiring helmet use during warm-up Daly wrote in an email to Bay Area News Group I don t anticipate that San Jose will be singled out or disciplined The rule requiring players who entered the league during or after the - season to wear helmets in warmups for safety reasons was implemented during the - season but was not officially added to the NHL rulebook until - The Sharks have a scarce players who entered the NHL before the - season who opt not to wear helmets during pregame warmups Several Sharks players in latest years who were making their NHL debuts also did not wear a helmet during pregame warmups for the special occasion but did so for all ensuing games It's a no bucket zone pic twitter com q SQruKtjC San Jose Sharks SanJoseSharks November Sharks forward Ty Dellandrea who made his NHL debut with the Dallas Stars on Jan revealed winger Ryan Reaves one of the scant NHL players to still go without a visor on his helmet thought of the idea not to wear helmets before Saturday s match Someone made a decision and Reaves was telling everybody that we weren t wearing helmets Dellandrea noted So that s the way it was Just to have a little bit of fun Sharks goalie Alex Nedeljkovic reported after Saturday s match It s a fun city Everyone wants to have a good time Maybe play with a little bit of swagger Everybody feels good with the hair flowing and all of that I thought it was fun Maybe we ll do it again who knows Related Articles With Sharks Desharnais now on IR why was Regenda the one promoted from AHL Sharks in playoff mix after impressive month but is there trouble ahead Smith Celebrini have milestone games but Sharks comeback in Vegas falls short Sharks special teams shine in penalty-filled win over Vancouver Canucks When it comes to Evander Kane Ryan Reaves feelings haven t changed Ottawa Senators players also went without helmets before their meeting against the Golden Knights in Las Vegas last Wednesday It kind of happened at the organization dinner Tuesday night Senators center Shane Pinto advised TSN We just decided to do it It was pretty cool to do