TORONTO – The Ontario Hockey League (OHL) today announced that Peterborough Petes player Grayden Strohack has been suspended for five games as a result of actions during the regular season game of Sunday, October 19 at Oshawa. This supplemental discipline follows Strohack being assessed a Match Penalty with 2:33 remaining in the first period.
The OHL Department of Player Safety has ruled that Strohack will be assessed a five-game suspension based off the following rationale:
- Strohack entered into an altercation that was being controlled by two linespersons
- Neither player in the altercation that he entered was gaining an advantage
- He made the decision to remove his glove and escalate the altercation
- He delivered a bare-handed punch to the face of an opponent that was being restrained
- Other punches in this altercation were delivered with a glove on and not with full force
Grayden Strohack is eligible to return to the Petes lineup on Thursday, November 6 when they host the Brantford Bulldogs.
