Following last weekend’s action, the England Ice Hockey Department of Player Safety (DOPS) have issued the following sanctions:

• Marc Lovell (Deeside Dragons) | 1 game suspension – Spearing
• Brandon Miles (Slough Jets) | 3 game suspension – Fighting
  • Additional comments: Fighting an unwilling opponent and punching a downed opponent.
• Thomas Norton (Peterborough Phantoms) | 1 game suspension after DOPS/GRP review – High-sticking
  • Additional comments: Player recklessly endangers their opponent by high-sticking. Such assessment of reckless endangerment shall be based on the severity of the infraction, severity of the contact, the degree of violence and the general reprehensibility involved.
• Alfie Druett (Swindon Wildcats NIHL 2) | 10 game suspension (four suspended pending no further instances of this nature before the end of the 2024/25 season) – Abuse of officials
• Liam Bartholomew (Telford Tigers NIHL 2) | Mandatory 1 game suspension – Fighting
  • Additional comments: Fighting in the last five minutes of the game.
• Liam Bartholomew (Telford Tigers NIHL 2) | 2 game suspension – Fighting
  • Additional comments: Player held opponent’s face cage during an altercation. Fighting involved an unwilling combatant.

Total: 3 game suspension for Liam Bartholomew.

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