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