The National Hockey League (NHL) record for longest suspension is 30 games given to Chris Simon (Canada) of the New York Islanders (USA) as punishment for stepping on the leg of Pittsburgh”s Jarkko Ruutu (Finland) with his skate on 15 December 2007.

Simon also owns the second most severe suspension of 25 games for a slashing incident against Ryan Hollweg (USA) on 8 March 2007.