Los Angeles forward Brendan Lemieux bit Ottawa forward Brady Tkachuk on Saturday, for which he will miss five games and pay a hefty fine
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The NHL has suspended Los Angeles forward Brendan Lemieux for five games for biting Ottawa forward Brady Tkachuk in Saturday’s regular season game. reported on the league website.
The incident occurred in the third period of the meeting, which took place in Los Angeles and ended in a victory for the hosts 4: 2.
The hockey players organized a fight in which Lemieux bit the opponent’s hand and was sent off until the end of the game.
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Lemieux will also have to pay a fine of $ 38,750. These funds will go to the emergency fund for hockey players.
Lemieux has played 14 games this season, scoring four goals and assisting.
One of the most famous incidents of an athlete biting an opponent happened during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Uruguayan Luis Suarez bit Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during the game against Italy, for which he was suspended for four months from all football-related activities. Moreover, for Suarez, this bite was the third of his career: the two previous ones cost him seven and ten disqualification matches.
The most famous episode of this type occurred in 1997, when Mike Tyson bit part of Evander Holyfield’s ear, for which he was stripped of his boxing license and fined. of $ 3 million.
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