Tampa Bay Lightning forward Jonathan Drouin is being disciplined in the minors once again — this time for missing a pre-practice team meeting.
Syracuse Crunch general manager Julien BriseBois announced Drouin would not play in the American Hockey League team’s game at Utica on Wednesday. BriseBois said it’s a one-game punishment, and Drouin will return for the Crunch’s next game against Albany on Friday.
The Syracuse Post-Standard first reported Drouin being benched. The newspaper reported Drouin has apologized to the team, and said he missed the meeting because of an issue with his alarm clock.
The third player selected in the 2013 draft had just rejoined the Crunch on March 7.