In the match between Canada and Switzerland on Saturday, a shaky situation was seen when Canada’s Joe Veleno stepped on Nino Niederreiter with his skates, apparently on purpose.
The International Ice Hockey Federation has given a Canadian forward playing in the B group of the World Cup tournament in Riga For Joe Veleno a five-match suspension for a brazen trick.
The match between Canada and Switzerland saw a situation that caused a stir on Saturday. In a scrambling situation, close to the wing Joe Veleno stomped dangerously on his skates Nino Niederreiter on. Based on the slow-motion images, the act looked intentional, and there was no game-based basis for it.
However, the referee didn’t notice the act, so Veleno escaped the situation without punishment.
– He tried to break my ankle. It doesn’t belong in this genre. I hope the (International Ice Hockey Federation) IIHF does something because that was a very dangerous game. That is unacceptable, Niederreiter comment on Veleno’s stunt for MTV (you will switch to another service).
Veleno has played in the World Cup tournament in Canada’s first chain together Milan Lucic and of Samuel Blais with. In the five matches he played, Veleno collected the points 2+3=5/+2.
The sick hockey player will no longer play in this tournament, even if Canada goes all the way to the World Cup final.