Some will argue it’s not sufficient, however Canada’s Joe Veleno was given a five-game suspension by the 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Disciplinary Panel for stomping on the leg of Switzerland’s Nino Niederreiter, it was introduced Sunday.
The Detroit Red Wing is taking part in for Team Canada on the World’s and through a sequence on the sideboards, lifted his skate and deliberately introduced it down on the leg of Niederreiter in what many are calling one of the disgusting performs in hockey in the previous few years.
Evander Kane, who was on the unlucky finish of a skate reduce to his wrist this season, was disgusted by the play and wrote on Twitter, “This is why fighting in Hockey is needed, it discourages ideas like this and helps police the game effectively. Disgusting play to watch. Especially after my injury this year. Embarrassing.” Kane wasn’t alone in pondering this fashion and what made issues worse is that Veleno didn’t get known as for a penalty, however Niederreiter did as a part of a later scrum in entrance of the web.
The IIHF launched an announcement saying he broke Rule 49 (kicking) and added:
Veleno will miss Canada’s upcoming 5 video games, particularly, Game #48 (CAN v. NOR) of the 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship on Tuesday 23 May 2023; the Canadian National Team’s quarter-final recreation of the 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship on Thursday 25 May 2023, and both the Canadian National Team’s semi-final recreation and closing recreation of the 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship on Saturday 27 May 2023 and Sunday 28 May 2023, respectively in the event that they qualify for these video games.
Drafted thirtieth total by the Detroit Red Wings within the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, Veleno has 18 objectives and 36 factors in 152 profession video games. One has to marvel if this incident will carry over into the subsequent season when the 2 discover one another on the ice once more in an NHL recreation.
