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

• Damarni James (Widnes Wild) | 2 game suspension – Hitting threshold of 10 penalty points
• Dean Holland (Whitley Warriors) | 8 game suspension following DRS review (three suspended pending no further instances of this nature before the end of the 2024/25 season) – Illegal check to the head
  • Additional comments: Player was unaware and in a vulnerable position, No attempt to play the Puck, and first point of contact was the head. Arms extended out/upwards, recklessly endangering the opponent. An injury was sustained, supported by an injury report form.
• James Royds (Blackburn Hawks) | 6 game suspension following DRS review (two suspended pending no further instances of this nature before the end of the 2024/25 season) – Kneeing
  • Additional comments: First point of contact was the knee, recklessly endangering the opponent. An injury was sustained, supported by an injury report form.
• Morgan Parsons (Oxford City Stars) | 2 game suspension – Fighting
  • Additional comments: Left crease and charged at opponent, who was unable to defend himself, before throwing several punches.
• James Spencer (Sutton Sting) | 1 game suspension – Fighting
• Cameron Akers (Sutton Sting) | 1 game suspension – Fighting
• Cameron Akers (Sutton Sting) | 2 game suspension – Hitting threshold of 10 penalty points

Total: 3 game suspension for Cameron Akers.

• Lewis Hall (Billingham Buccaneers) | 1 game suspension – Fighting
• Ethan McLaughlin (Billingham Buccaneers) | 1 game suspension – Fighting
• Sean Griffiths (Billingham Buccaneers) | 2 game suspension – Elbowing
  • Additional comments: Opponent was unaware of the impending contact, and the player’s skates leave the ice to deliver the elbow.
• Daniel Hughes (Billingham Buccaneers) | 3 game suspension – Illegal check to the head
  • Additional comments: Reckless endangerment of an opponent. First point of contact was to the head/neck area.
• Ben Roscoe (Deeside Ducks) | 2 game suspension – Illegal check to the head
  • Additional comments: The player recklessly endangered his opponent. This was an unnecessary check on a player who was in a vulnerable position and unaware of the impending hit.
• James Buckingham (Guildford Phoenix) | 2 game suspension – Cross-checking
  • Additional comments: A hard cross-check to the opponent’s back, who was unaware and vulnerable. The action was reckless and endangered the opponent.

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