In a surprise announcement the NHL has fined Ian Cole $5,000 for his knee-on-knee hit of Mark Scheifele. <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/NHLPlayerSafety/status/1468655448010080258?t=--HOO8yMf67MIg84K6dzaw&s=19'> </a></blockquote></div> Cole was issued a 5 minute major and game misconduct for this knee. <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/hockey_realm/status/1468420591543857158?t=Xd-3wmIM6HMo3adOrm3b7w&s=19'> </a></blockquote></div> What makes this surprising is just Monday Neal Pionk was suspended 2 games for his knee-on-knee hit on Rasmus Sandin. Georges Parros continues his uneven performance as head of Player Safety as he continues to do what many would consider an extremely poor job.