Toronto Maple Leafs ahead Ryan Reaves has been suspended for 5 video games for an unlawful verify to the top of Edmonton Oilers’ defenceman Darnell Nurse, the NHL’s Division of Participant Security introduced Sunday (Nov. 17).
Ryan Reaves has been suspended for 5 video games for an unlawful verify to the top on Darnell Nurse, per @NHLPlayerSafety.pic.twitter.com/eSGIwmD46u
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) November 17, 2024
Reaves was assessed a match penalty for an unlawful verify to the top at 2:38 of the second interval of the sport towards the Oilers on Saturday, Nov. 16, and was subsequently ejected from the sport. Nurse left the sport after the hit and didn’t return.
The Oilers haven’t given an replace on Nurse’s situation for the reason that preliminary announcement that he would miss the rest of the sport with an upper-body damage.
In line with the NHL Division of Participant Security, Reaves will forfeit $35,156.25 from his wage through the unpaid suspension with the cash going to the Gamers’ Emergency Help Fund.
That is the fourth suspension of Reaves’ profession, and third associated to a harmful hit. He was final suspended within the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs as a member of the Vegas Golden Knights after kneeling on the neck of Colorado Avalanche defenceman Ryan Graves, leading to a two-game ban. His earlier two suspensions occurred in 2020 and 2016. Moreover, the ahead has additionally been fined thrice.
This was the third suspension of the 2024-25 NHL season, and the second within the month of November after Los Angeles Kings’ ahead Tanner Jeannot was suspended three video games for an unlawful verify to the top of Vancouver Canucks’ ahead Brock Boeser.
