neck area. Lilja received a 10-game suspension, with four of the games converted into a monetary fine as per custom. Over three years later, on July 10, 2018 the Supreme Court of Sweden, after the case had first gone through the lower District Court of Malmö, handed Lilja a one-month probation sentence while removing the earlier imposed monetary fine because Lilja had already been imposed a fine by the ice hockey Disciplinary Committee. Longest suspensions All of these incidents are in the NHL of the United States and Canada, unless noted otherwise. See also Battle of the Hockey Enforcers Fighting in ice hockey References Bibliography Notes External links A brief history of stick violence CBC. October 6, 2000. (cbc.ca) NHL Suspension List Canadian Press. March 11, 2007. (thehockeynews.com) History of criminal charges on ice Canadian Press. 24 June 2004. (tsn.ca) Ice hockey Violence in sports