Brendan Shanahan is the National Hockey League's Vice President of Hockey and Business and also the Head Disciplinarian. Shanahan is the one that decides the further penalty for players who are penalized with illegal hits. He played 21 years in the NHL, starting in 1988 with the New Jersey Devils, and played for teams like the St. Louis Blues, the Hartford Whalers, Detroit Red Wings, and the New York Rangers before returning back to play with the New Jersey Devils for his final season in 2009. He then retired after that season and accepted his current job as the Vice President of Hockey and Business. On June 1, 2011, he took over as the head disciplinarian. He started the pre-season with many suspensions for illegal hits as well as makes videos explaining the hit and why the player received the punishment he did.
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