NEW YORK – Colorado defender Jacob Avalanche, Jacob MacDonald, was suspended Thursday for two games without paying an illegal check to Minnesota savage striker Ryan Hartman.
The NHL players’ safety department said contact was avoidable for MacDonald, who approached Hartman with a backlash and knocked him to the ice with a side-kick in the first period of Wednesday’s game. Minnesota.
The play went unpunished and attracted boos from the limited people at the Xcel Energy Center while playback was shown in the video game. MacDonald pointed his shoulder as he looked at him, seeming to claim that he cut Hartman there and not in his head.
This season, MacDonald has a goal, six assists and a plus of 13 in 27 games. He will lose $ 12,500, based on his average annual salary.