COLUMBUS (AP) — The NHL has suspended Blue Jackets forward Nick Foligno for three games for a hit that leveled Colorado Avalanche forward Pierre-Edouard Bellemare.
Foligno dropped Bellemare with the open-ice hit with his elbow to Bellemare’s jaw at 17:15 of the second period Saturday.
Foligno said he hadn’t intended to hurt Bellemare and felt sick to his stomach when he saw that he hit him in the head.
He was assessed a major penalty and game misconduct for charging.
Under the terms of the league’s collective bargaining agreement with its players’union, Foligno will forfeit $88,709.67, which will be donated to the Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund.