Although, these offenses are criminal in nature, a victim would have the right to file for both a Temporary and
Final Restraining Order against the defendant based on these offenses.
That does not quite square with a new NHL bylaw, enacted in June, that imposes a $ 1 million fine on any club that leapfrogs the NHL's internal justice system and goes right to the courts, as the New Jersey Devils did during the Wales Conference
finals in May, when they obtained a temporary
restraining order against the suspension of Devils coach Jim Schoenfeld.