New York Rangers forward Matt Rempe was suspended eight games for his hit on Dallas Stars defenceman Miro Heiskanen, NHL Player Safety announced on Sunday.
The 6-foot-9 centre was considered a repeat offender and will forfeit $80,000 in salary for the suspension according to TSN Hockey Insider Chris Johnston.
Rempe was ejected after drilling Heiskanen face-first into the boards from behind in the third period of the Rangers’ 3-1 win over the Stars on Friday. Rempe was served a five-minute major and a game misconduct of the hit.It was the fourth time in 22 career NHL games that Rempe had been tossed. He was previously suspended four games in March after elbowingin the head.
Friday was Rempe's first NHL action in nearly a month. He played 12 shifts and logged 5:32 of ice time before his ejection. He has one goal and one assist in 22 career NHL games and also has three goals and five points in 18 AHL games this year. The Rangers entered Sunday’s action in sixth place in the Metropolitan Division with a 16-15-1 record and are five points out of the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.
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