Detroit Red Wings and Team Canada forward Joe Veleno has been suspended five games by the IIHF after a dangerous play Saturday afternoon.
Veleno will miss the remainder of the World Championships.
With Canada and Switzerland meeting up in a toe-to-toe showdown of undefeated squads at the IIHF World Hockey Championship, Veleno appeared to stomp on the leg of Swiss forward Nino Niederreiter during a second-period board battle.
“Hey I got a hockey record, I tried to chop a guy’s leg off with my skate and I’m the only guy who ever did that.