{"id":361364,"date":"2025-12-20T23:29:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T23:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/361364\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T23:29:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T23:29:17","slug":"ducks-f-frank-vatrano-fined-5k-for-unsportsmanlike-conduct-the-mighty-790-kfgo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/361364\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducks F Frank Vatrano fined $5K for unsportsmanlike conduct | The Mighty 790 KFGO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anaheim Ducks forward Frank Vatrano was fined $5,000 by the NHL for unsportsmanlike conduct for \u200dhis actions against Jason Robertson of the Dallas Stars in a game Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>The fine, which was handed down Saturday, is the \u200cmaximum allowable under the \u200cleague\u2019s collective bargaining agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Vatrano was penalized in the wallet after a sequence in the third period of the Stars\u2019 \u200b8-3 victory over the Ducks in Anaheim, Calif.<\/p>\n<p>Vying for \u200da hat trick, Robertson \u200bskated in on a \u200bpartial breakaway while being backchecked by \u200dVatrano. The Stars forward was unable to convert, and the two exchanged slashes as they skated up the ice before \u200dVatrano tackled Robertson from behind.<\/p>\n<p>Vatrano was assessed 16 minutes in penalties on the \u200dplay, including \u200d10 for misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>Robertson \u200bwas handed a two-minute slashing \u200bpenalty \u2060following the sequence. The \u200c26-year-old finished with two goals and an assist on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Vatrano, 31, has totaled five points (three goals, two assists) in 35 games this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Field \u2060Level Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anaheim Ducks forward Frank Vatrano was fined $5,000 by the NHL for unsportsmanlike conduct for \u200dhis actions against&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361365,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-361364","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}