According to the disciplinary unit, Pelicans’ Miro Väänänen recklessly endangered the opponent with his tackle during Saturday’s game round.
The disciplinary delegation of the Ice Hockey League has placed the Pelicans forward Miro Väänänen to a two-game suspension for the knee tackle that took place in the TPS match on Saturday, which targeted the TPS To Lukas Wernblom and for which a 5+20 minute penalty was awarded in Turku.
According to the disciplinary team, before the tackle, Väänänen pushes his right knee forward. In the tackle, Väänänen’s knee hits a TPS player, and Väänänen does not hit the opponent with his shoulder.
With the above-mentioned justifications, the discipline saw that Väänänen’s Tackle is a knee tackle according to the rule book.
Väänänen is on the sidelines for the Pelicans’ Friday and Saturday back-to-back games against KooKoo.
Read the full report From the SM league website.