NHL team bans fan who bought tickets for group seen celebrating goal with Nazi salute

The Dallas Stars connected Monday banned a instrumentality from attending games astatine the American Airlines Center aft they bought tickets for a radical of spectators who were seen celebrating a extremity with a Nazi salute.

Courtney Ripley told WFAA-TV that she was the 1 who took a video astatine a crippled against the Toronto Maple Leafs successful December, showing the radical of 4 fans extending their close arms with a straightened close manus facing downward.

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Fans enactment up extracurricular American Airlines Center earlier the commencement of an NHL hockey crippled successful Dallas connected Oct. 28, 2025. (Tony Gutierrez/AP)

The squad conducted an probe that identified the idiosyncratic who bought the radical their tickets and subsequently banned them.

"Any benignant of discriminatory oregon hateful behaviour volition not beryllium tolerated and has nary spot successful our arena," the squad said successful a statement. "Creating and sustaining environments that are inclusive, harmless and respectful is simply a non-negotiable for the Dallas Stars."

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Dallas Stars players Mikko Rantanen, Matt Duchene, Esa Lindell, Jake Oettinger, and Miro Heiskanen observe their triumph implicit the Winnipeg Jets astatine the American Airlines Center successful Dallas, Texas, connected April 2, 2026. (Jerome Miron/Imagn Images)

"Additionally, we are expanding in-arena messaging regarding the Fan Code of Conduct and however our fans tin study violations, on with prioritizing unit grooming to place and grip situations that arise," the squad added.

The American Airlines Center told ESPN past week that it has "zero tolerance for immoderate acts of hatred and/or discrimination."

The NHL has a multipoint instrumentality codification of conduct. It states that "the champion hockey experiences hap successful environments that are inclusive, harmless and respectful." Each squad has a scripted conception that is shared connected their video board, done their nationalist code strategy oregon both.

Dallas Stars halfway Mavrik Bourque celebrates his bare nett extremity with teammates against the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 3rd play astatine PPG Paints Arena successful Pittsburgh, Pa., connected March 28, 2026. (Charles LeClaire/Imagn Images)

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The publication reminds fans astir their respective codes of conduct.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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