Teemu Suhonen will have to miss the next six matches.
Teemu Suhonen moved to JYP for this season. Vesa Pöppönen / All Over Press
The disciplinary delegation of the SM League has brought down the JYP defender Teemu Suhonen six match suspension. SM league announced about it late on Sunday evening.
The ban comes from the tackle that happened in the Ilves match. Suhonen tackled Ilves in the middle area Matias Mäntykivää and received a two-minute penalty for obstruction. Mäntykivi was a player without a puck in the situation.
According to the decision of the disciplinary delegation, Suhonen skates towards Mäntykivi, who is going in the direction of defense, and cuts in front of him. At the same time, Suhonen tackles and hits Mäntykivi in the head with his shoulder.
The disciplinary delegation justifies the ban on the grounds that Suhonen Taklaus fulfills the characteristics of a tackle aimed at the head and he recklessly endangers the opponent.
Suhonen, 33, will be sidelined for the next six games and he can return to the ice on October 29 at the earliest. to the Jukurit match to be played.
Ilves won the match 5–3.
Suhonen moved to JYP for this season and has scored 2+4 power points in the 10 matches he has played.
He played last season in the ICEHL series for Dornbirner EC. In his career, the defender has represented Tapparaa, Jukurei and HPK in addition to JYP in the SM league.