New York Rangers ahead Matt Rempe has been supplied an in-person listening to with the NHL’s division of participant security after a recreation misconduct for elbowing Dallas Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen on Friday night time.
Rempe is taken into account a repeat offender by the division. He was suspended 4 video games final season for elbowing New Jersey Devils defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler in March.
The listening to is ready to be held Sunday over Zoom.
The NHL provides a participant and his representatives an in-person listening to when a suspension may very well be six or extra video games, which might make it eligible for enchantment to a impartial arbitrator after a primary enchantment to commissioner Gary Bettman.
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At 7:13 of the third interval, Heiskanen performed the puck along with his again to Rempe. The Rangers ahead skated in, raised his arm and drove Heiskanen’s head into the glass, inflicting the Dallas defenseman to fall to the ice and the gamers to come back collectively in a skirmish.
Rempe was given a serious penalty and a recreation misconduct for elbowing, forcing the Rangers to kill off a five-minute main penalty with a 2-1 lead within the third. New York gained the sport 3-1. Heiskanen completed the sport for Dallas.
This was Rempe’s first recreation for the Rangers since Nov. 25, having been lately recalled from AHL Hartford. He earned 17 penalty minutes in 5:32 of ice time, registering one shot on objective and 0 factors.
Rempe grew to become a sensation in 17 regular-season and 11 playoff video games final season for the Rangers due to his dimension (6-foot-9), huge hits and energetic fights. He earned 71 penalty minutes in 17 video games but in addition the adoration of Rangers followers, who chanted his title at dwelling video games regardless of him averaging 5:37 per recreation.
He stated earlier than the season that he had spent the summer time perfecting his total hockey expertise moderately than simply his combating prowess, doing 1½ months of energy skating drills in preparation for this season. However Rempe has appeared in simply 5 video games for New York, failing to register a degree in incomes 24 penalty minutes. He had three targets and two assists in 18 video games with AHL Hartford.
The Rangers host the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday afternoon.
