Ian Cole's punishment is announced for kneeing incident

In a surprise announcement the NHL has fined Ian Cole $5,000 for his knee-on-knee hit of Mark Scheifele.

Cole was issued a 5 minute major and game misconduct for this knee.

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.

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