A high school hockey player says he is absolutely shocked after being suspended for a year by Massachusetts High School Hockey (MIAA) for what seemed like a relatively minor thing. Braden Knapp, who plays for the Nantucket Whalers, has never been suspended before, and never issued a major penalty in his high school hockey career.
The incident that got Knapp suspended happened on February 22nd in a game against the Sandwich Blue Knights. Things were getting heated in the final seconds of the game, with a scrum breaking out at centre ice. In the below video, you can see Knapp shooting the puck into the scrum at around the 8 second mark.
Knapp, who is the Whalers' top scorer, has already appealed his suspension and it was upheld by a five-person committee. He says it was never his intention to hurt anyone, but rather to take attention away from the scrum. Knapp's suspension extends to all other high school sports.
