Almost one year after his arrest, the NHL has yet to rule on Slava Voynov‘s status in the league.
“Once he is released, his status as a suspended player will not change until we have had an adequate opportunity to review the matter and conclude our process,” NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told SI.com in an email. “There is no precise or projected timeline for that.”
Voynov, 25, pled no contest to a misdemeanor count of corporal injury to a spouse and began serving his 90-day jail sentence in California on July 7. (One online report suggested he had been released early, but SI.com reported that was untrue.)
The NHL suspended the Kings defenceman indefinitely with pay in October, on the same day of his arrest.
In addition to jail time, Voynov was also placed on three-year probation period and is required complete a 52-week domestic violence prevention program.
