"After a couple of phone calls yesterday, Colin Campbell decided he didn't have enough evidence to take any disciplinary action against Flyers winger Wayne Simmonds.

Simmonds allegedly called Rangers left wing Sean Avery a homophobic slur during their game on Monday night. But Campbell, the NHL's vice president of Hockey Operations, talked to Simmonds, who denied the claim, as well as the on-ice officials who were not able to corroborate Avery's account of the incident.

"Since there are conflicting accounts of what transpired on the ice, we have been unable to substantiate with the necessary degree of certainty what was said and by whom," Campbell said in a statement. "To the extent we become aware of additional information conclusively establishing that an inappropriate slur was invoked, we are reserving the option to revisit the matter.""