Olli Jokinen, Mattias Ritola Receive Multi-Game Suspensions

by A.J. Perez

Filed under: Flames, Lightning, NHL Discipline

Calgary Flames' center Olli Jokinen received a three-game suspension a day after he cross-checked Phoenix Coyotes winger Wojtek Wolski in the head, the NHL announced Thursday afternoon.

Jokinen received a five-minute major and a game misconduct for the hit, which occurred midway through the third period of the Flames' 3-1 loss. He had a disciplinary hearing with league officials, who are increasingly taking hits to the head seriously, before the suspension was made public.

"I've played nearly 900 games in this league, I've played a couple hundred games internationally and I've never been suspended," Jokinen said on the Flames' website before the sanction was announced. "I don't consider myself a dirty player."

Jokinen will forfeit $48,387 in salary as a result of the suspension that will keep him out through Nov. 24, when the Flames travel to New Jersey.

 

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