Panin banned for one game

The KHL Disciplinary Committee has studied Ak Bars defenseman Grigory Panin’s challenge on Lev forward Petr Vrana in the 56th minute of Monday’s game in Prague, for which Panin received a major plus game misconduct penalty (5+20 minutes) for checking from behind. The Committee has upheld the referee’s decision and in addition has disqualified Grigory Panin for one game.