The NHL Department of Player Safety announced today that New York Rangers forward Brendan Lemieux will have a hearing for his late, high hit on Colorado Avalanche forward Joonas Donskoi.
NY Rangers’ Brendan Lemieux will have a hearing tomorrow for Interference on Colorado’s Joonas Donskoi.
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) March 12, 2020
Lemieux earned a two minute minor penalty for interference on the play in question, which occurred at the 17:08 mark of the third period in last night’s 3-2 overtime loss in Denver.
Brendan Lemieux will have a hearing for interference on Joonas Donskoi from last night’s game #NYR pic.twitter.com/tdohjFX80d
— Shayna (@hayyyshayyy) March 12, 2020
Earlier this season, on Dec. 8, 2019, Lemieux received a fine ($2,486.56) for elbowing Cody Glass of the Vegas Golden Knights. He currently leads the Rangers with 111 PIM in 59 games, which is the highest total earned by a Ranger since Derek Dorsett clocked in at 134 PIM in the 2013-14 season.