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Matt Rempe Suspended 4 Games for Elbowing Jonas Siegenthaler

The NHL Department of Player Safety has suspended Matt Rempe 4 games.

NY Rangers’ Matt Rempe has been suspended for four games for elbowing New Jersey’s Jonas Siegenthaler. https://t.co/Wy1In85pj4

The DoPS found that Rempe’s decision to flare his elbow up and in a dangerous fashion into Siegenthaler, as well as the injury on the play, played a role in the suspension.

The DoPS explanation on the four-game Matt Rempe suspension: "Rempe chooses to flare his elbow both up and away from his body in dangerous fashion, driving it directly into the head of Siegenthaler with substantial force.