NHL Player Safety lays down the hammer today

This just in, the NHL has handed out two fines today.

First up, the league has fined Philadelphia Flyers rookie Matvei Michkov for high sticking Los Angeles Kings forward Quinton Byfield.

The two players got tangled up with each other during a shoving match when Michkov got a bit reckless with his stick.

Here's the play in question:

Incidentally, the NHL has fined Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Maroon for elbowing Dallas Stars forward Mavrik Bourque.

In both cases, the players were fined less than 0.002% of their annual salaries. That'll learn 'em, Gary...