Well it took over four months, but the NHL Department of Player Safety has finally given Brendan Lemieux his suspension. The Rangers rugged forward will miss games one and two of the Stanley Cup Qualifying round against the Carolina Hurricanes.
NY Rangers’ Brendan Lemieux has been suspended for two Stanley Cup Qualifying games for interference on Colorado’s Joonas Donskoi. https://t.co/H3C0ZFD4f1
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) July 20, 2020
Brendan Lemieux suspended for two games
The NHL paused play on March 12th. Rangers forward Brendan Lemieux put a hit on an unsuspecting Joonas Donskoi in a game against the Colorado Avalanche the night before.