Atlantic Hockey has announced supplemental discipline suspensions for two players following this weekend’s games. Both AIC’s Tobias Fladeby and Niagara’s Eric Cooley will be ineligible to participate in their respective teams’ next games.
Fladeby was whistled for a kneeing major penalty at the 8:50 mark of the third period and received a game misconduct. After reviewing the play in question, the league office concluded that it was egregious in nature and warranted an additional game for supplemental discipline. Fladeby will be ineligible to play in AIC’s next contest which is Tuesday, October 10th at Bentley.
Cooley’s supplemental discipline comes from an additional review of the interference penalty he received in Friday’s win over Robert Morris. After reviewing the hit, it was determined that the call should have been an interference major due to the level of significant contact that was made on a vulnerable player. Cooley will not be able to play on Friday, October 20th when Niagara welcomes Rensselaer to Dwyer Arena.
Also of note, Sacred Heart’s Vito Bavaro received a disqualification as a result of a contact to the head major penalty in Saturday’s loss at Northeastern. The rules dictate that any disqualification penalty results in an additional game suspension automatically. This means that Bavaro will not be eligible to play for Sacred Heart when they host UConn on October 14th.
