Nick Ritchie also speaks in North America.
Nick Ritchie punched Markus Nurme, who had knocked him down on the ice. Jaakko Stenroos / AOP
In Turku on Thursday Markus Nurmea broken down worthy of a jet command Nick Ritchie was handed an eight-game suspension late Friday night.
Ritchie’s act and punishment have attracted attention in North America, where the Canadian forward spent his entire career before the Kärpät transfer.
The reporter who became famous at The Hockey News Ken Campbell approached Ritchie’s ban from the point of view that nothing like it could have been seen in the NHL.
In other words, he let it be understood that he thought the discipline of the buck league was too lax.
– If he had done that in the NHL, I’m not sure if the violent gentleman would have received even a $5,000 fine, which is the maximum according to the collective agreement, Campbell wrote on the messaging service X, formerly Twitter.
Campbell’s view is supported by the incident at the end of November, in which Ottawan Zack MacEwan attacked of Florida by Matthew Tkatchuk attacked him and started beating him with his fists. MacEwan was fined $2,000.
The longest suspension in the NHL of the current season was handed down For Shane Pinto. The American ice hockey player was banned for 41 games for violating the betting rules.
Detroit has received the hardest punishment for field events David Perronwho had to sit out a six-match ban after hitting an opponent in the face with a cross stick.
Ritchie’s suspension is by far the toughest punishment in the league this season. Before Friday, the longest shared streaks were three games long.
“Doesn’t belong in hockey”
League discipline described the former NHL hockey player’s actions as unilateral, intentional and non-spontaneous violence.
The disciplinary delegation states that Ritchie is guilty of unilateral, intentional and non-spontaneous violence.
– Regarding the measurement of suspension, the disciplinary delegation states that such an activity does not belong to hockey in any way. The disciplinary delegation considers the fact that Ritchie hit Nurmea on the neck with ice, in the bulletin let’s find out.