Dick Axelsson was drafted by the Red Wings back in 2006, and while playing overseas in Sweden, he threatened a female referee and has now been punished. It is hard to comprehend how this kind of activity would be acceptable within any professional hockey league regardless of who is officiating. Dick Axelsson of the second-tier Swedish League HockeyAllsvenskan club Djurgardens IF has been fined and suspended after an incident not very long ago where <a href='https://swedenherald.com/article/veteran-reported-after-threatening-words-against-the-referee' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>he was seen threatening a female referee</a>. The referee of the match, Anna Hammar, filed a report on the incident to the league's disciplinary committee. Hammar had apparently already intervened earlier in the match when <a href='https://www.nhl.com/player/dick-axelsson-8473478' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Dick Axelsson</a> and opponent Henrik Nilsson got into an altercation. I'm going over to pick him up for the penalty box. Dick Axelsson doesn't immediately want to go, but is eventually persuaded by his coach Robert Kimby to go over. As he jumps over the side, I turn my back to him and go a bit ahead, whereupon he says: 'Put your hands on me again and you know what happens'. I turn around and ask, 'What did you say?' and he repeats, 'You know what happens if you put your hands on me again.' <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/TV4_Hockey/status/1869283457680937075'> </a></blockquote></div> The result of the disciplinary hearing is that Axelsson has been handed a three-game ban plus a fine equivalent to approximately 700 USD. Axelsson was a 62nd overall draft choice of the Detroit Red Wings back in 2006 but has spent most of his career to date playing on Swedish soil. He did have a short period in North America in 2009, appearing in 17 games with the AHL's Grand Rapids Griffins before returning home.