Matt Rempe offered inperson hearing with Department of Player Safety
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Rangers winger Matt Rempe got an opportunity to return to New York following the trade of Kaapo Kakko earlier in the week In his first game back he made a big impression but not the one he was necessarily looking to make The NHL announced Saturday that he had been offered an inperson hearing for a hit made on Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen on Friday a clip of the hit via BR Open Ice can be found here
The hit came in the third period Friday night and he received a fiveminute major for elbowing and a game misconduct Notably the leagues release indicates that elbowing and boarding are among the grounds being considered for supplemental discipline
The NHL can now suspend Rempe for more than five games by offering an inperson hearing which would have been the maximum had it been a telephone hearing However their offering doesnt necessarily mean hell receive six or more games The date and time of the hearing have yet to be determined but Rempe wont be eligible to play in the meantime
Rempe has played in 22 regularseason games and this was the fourth ejection of his young career He has been suspended once before in March when he received a fourgame ban for elbowing He will fall under repeat offender status when it comes to determining both the length of suspension and the calculation of forfeited wages where the denominator will be 82 representing games instead of the number of days in a particular season