Brad Ference

15 years, 11 monthsTime elapsed since Penguins center Mario Lemieux had received a major penalty for fighting in a regular-season game before last week's tussle with the Panthers' Brad Ference.

Peter Worrell and Brad Ference ranked first and second in the league in penalty minutes last season, the first teammates to do so since Philadelphia's Dave Schultz and Andre Dupont in '74-75.

During the Olympic break the NHL's referees and linesmen—other than Dennis LaRue, Bill McCreary and Stephen Walkom, who will be working at the Salt Lake City Games—will attend training sessions run by Andy Van...