Sports Grid · Jan 23, 2022
The ECHL Suspends Jacob Panetta Indefinitely for Racist Taunt
The ECHL announced Sunday Jacksonville Iceman’s Jacob Panetta had been suspended indefinitely for using a racist taunt toward the South Carolina Stingrays’ Jordan Subban.
Jordan Subban tweeted about the incident, saying Panetta was “making monkey gestures at me so I punched him in the face multiple times and he turtled like the coward he is.” His brother NHL defenseman P.K. Subban tweeted a video showing the offending taunt.
Stingrays team president Rob Concannon released a statement saying, “The South Carolina Stingrays are disgusted and appalled by last night’s incident involving Jordan Subban.”