New York Rangers ahead Matt Rempe has been suspended 4 video games for elbowing New Jersey Devils defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler on Monday night time. After reviewing the play, the NHL Division of Participant Security deemed the hit to be unlawful.
Late within the second interval, Rempe went to put an enormous hit on Siegenthaler when he raised his elbow and made contact with Siegenthaler’s head. The Devils’ defenseman left the sport with an harm, and Rempe was assessed a recreation misconduct.
Rempe had a listening to with the Division of Participant Security on Tuesday, and he wound up getting a four-game suspension. In its clarification video, the league mentioned the hit was not the results of unlucky timing from both social gathering.
“This isn’t a case wherein a sudden motion by a participant receiving the verify turns a authorized verify into an unlawful one,” the DoPS mentioned in its video. “Nor can we consider that is incidental contact as a participant is bracing for the boards or one other participant.”
The league additionally asserted that Rempe selected to “flare his elbow up and away from his physique” as soon as he realized he would possibly miss his verify.
That is the second consecutive recreation between these two video games wherein Rempe has thrown an unlawful hit. On Feb. 22, Rempe obtained a match penalty for his hit on Nathan Bastian.
In his postgame press convention, Devils ahead Kurtis MacDermid mentioned he provided to drop the gloves with Rempe as retribution for that hit on Bastian. MacDermid mentioned Rempe declined after which ripped the rookie for the best way he went concerning the scenario.
“After a success like that, it type of goes with out saying that you need to reply the bell indirectly and be a person about it,” MacDermid mentioned. “Recreation goes on, and he throws one other hit like that and will get kicked out. Potential suspension. There is a proper solution to go about issues and a unsuitable manner. I type of misplaced loads of respect for him tonight.”
Rempe will now miss video games towards the Carolina Hurricanes, Tampa Bay Lightning, Pittsburgh Penguins, and New York Islanders. He’ll be eligible to return on Tuesday night time towards the Winnipeg Jets.
