Ottawa Senators forward Ridly Greig has been suspended for one preseason game and one regular season game for checking Winnipeg Jets forward Pierre-Luc Dubois.
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Greig was charged with a major penalty and in-game misconduct at 10:29 in the second period of Ottawa’s 3-2 preseason overtime victory Sunday in Winnipeg.
A first-round pick for the Senators in 2020, Greig scored the first goal of the game.
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The 19-year-old from Lethbridge, Alta., Loses $ 4,470.83 of his median annual salary to the Emergency Players Assistance Fund under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement between the NHL and the players’ association.
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