Following Saturday night’s 7-1 loss to Peoria, the Southern Professional Hockey League suspended Columbus forward Craig Simchuk and coach Jerome Bechard on Sunday.
The Peoria goalkeeper Kyle Rank was stretchered out of Columbus Civic Center after the game on Saturday night, and the SPHL said in a news release that Bechard and Simchuk would be suspended while the incident was reviewed.
It is yet unknown how many games Bechard and Simchuk will miss in total. The next game for Columbus is on Wednesday in Fayetteville.
After coming off the bench in the middle of the second quarter on Saturday, Bechard was expelled from the game, and Simchuck was sent off for attempting to hurt Rank.
