Erie Otters coaches, player suspended following scuffle
(WJET/WFXP)– One player and two coaches for the Erie Otters, including new Head Coach Kris Mallette, have been suspended following an in-game scuffle during Sunday's game.
The Ontario Hockey League announced Thursday that Mallette and Assistant Coach Ken Peroff along with Alex Messier have all received multi-game suspensions following a scuffle during their match against the Peterborough Petes.
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Mallette has been suspended for five games while Peroff was suspended for two games and Messier nine games.
Peterborough Head Coach Rob Wilson was also suspended for five games while one of their players, Grayden Strohack, has been handed a four-game suspension. The Peterborough Petes organization has been fined $5,000.
Messier was assessed a game misconduct, aggressor, as well as a game misconduct for continuing an altercation, while also exceeding the regular season fighting major threshold during the incident which comes with an automatic two-game suspension.
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Peterborough's Strohack was assessed a game misconduct for being the third man into a fight, which comes with an automatic two-game suspension, as well as a game misconduct for continuing an altercation.
The Otters ended up winning the game 7-2.
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