Following last weekend’s action, the England Ice Hockey Department of Player Safety (DOPS) have issued the following sanctions:
Jarvis Hunt (Peterborough Phantoms) | 2 game suspension after DOPS/GRP review – Fighting
Additional comments:Fighting, whilst tolerated during game play, involves equal and willing combatants or a variation of this covered under the rules. It does not cover a player picking up and “body slamming” an opponent to the ice, causing reckless endangerment.
Regan O’Neil (Invicta Dynamos) | 1 game suspension – Fighting
Additional comments: Player was the instigator and aggressor, striking his opponent with multiple punches.
Callum Wells (Chelmsford Chieftains) | 1 game suspension – Charging
Additional comments: Player jumped into his opponent, causing reckless endangerment.
Joe Covey (Oxford City Stars) | 2 game suspension – Illegal check to the head
Additional comments: Player skated towards an opponent and delivered a cross-check to the head/neck area.
Kristians Kasjanovs (Cardiff Fire) | 3 game suspension – Fighting
Additional comments: Player was the instigator and aggressor. He threw several punches towards the head of an opponent, pulled the opponent’s helmet from his head and hit him with it.
Kristians Kasjanovs (Cardiff Fire) | 3 game suspension – Hitting threshold of 15 penalty points
Total: 6 game suspension for Kristians Kasjanovs.
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