{"id":449764,"date":"2026-02-05T03:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T03:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/449764\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T03:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T03:43:08","slug":"penguins-caleb-jones-suspended-20-games-for-violating-ped-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/449764\/","title":{"rendered":"Penguins&#8217; Caleb Jones suspended 20 games for violating PED policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK &#8212; The NHL suspended injured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/team\/_\/name\/pit\/pittsburgh-penguins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> defenseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3941970\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Caleb Jones<\/a> for 20 games on Wednesday for violating the terms of the NHL\/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program.<\/p>\n<p>Jones, 28, is in his first season with the Penguins. The club placed him on injured reserve in late October with a foot injury, then assigned him to their American Hockey League affiliate in Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton. He played one game for Wilkes-Barre in January before sustaining an upper-body injury.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/story\/_\/id\/47788112\/penguins-kris-letang-least-4-weeks-broken-foot\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/r1479540_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jones said through a statement released by the NHL Players Association that he believes he was exposed to a contaminated substance while undergoing exosome therapy from an outside provider.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While I did not use the prohibited substance intentionally or for performance enhancement, I understand that players are responsible for everything that enters their body and accept the discipline imposed by the program,&#8221; Jones said. &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry to have let down my teammates, the Penguins organization, and our fans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jones, the younger brother of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/team\/_\/name\/fla\/florida-panthers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Panthers<\/a> defenseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3041992\/seth-jones\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seth Jones<\/a>, had one point in seven games with the Penguins in October after signing a two-year deal with Pittsburgh last summer.<\/p>\n<p>Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas said the club &#8220;appreciates&#8221; Jones&#8217; transparency and that Jones will follow all NHL and NHLPA protocols during the suspension. Dubas added that Jones has the &#8220;full support&#8221; of the organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK &#8212; The NHL suspended injured Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Caleb Jones for 20 games on Wednesday for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-449764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}