Zac Rinaldo now has a five-game suspension in both the NHL and the AHL.
The AHL announced Monday that the Boston Bruins forward has been suspended five games for a high hit he delivered Friday night while playing for the Providence Bruins. Rinaldo received a match penalty for the hit, which carries an indefinite suspension.
Rinaldo’s five-game AHL ban came in the midst of an NHL suspension. He was forced to sit five games for a separate high hit on Tampa Bay Lightning forward Cedric Paquette on Feb. 28. The announcement for that suspension came after Rinaldo was assigned to Providence, which means the 25-year-old would have to serve the ban upon returning to the NHL.
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