Canada's Griffin Reinhart looks on during team practice at the 2013 IIHF U20 World Junior Hockey Championship in Ufa, January 4, 2013. (REUTERS/Mark Blinch)
UFA, RUSSIA - Griffin Reinhart has been suspended for four games by the International Ice Hockey Federation.
It’s a puzzling decision for Hockey Canada to wrap its collective minds around, as Reinhart was assessed just a two-minute minor for high-sticking on the play against American forward Vince Trocheck on Thursday in a semifinal won 5-1 by the U.S.
“Surprised, shocked,” Hockey Canada senior director of hockey operations Scott Salmond said. “I was in the hearing today with Griffin. I read the referees’ report. Griffin stated his case and said all along it was an accident.
