Jaakola banned for 2 games

The KHL Disciplinary Committee has investigated an incident from Saturday’s game in Helsinki between Jokerit and Dinamo Riga. In the 54th minute, home forward Topi Jaakola received a major plus game misconduct penalty (5+20 minutes) for illegal use of the knee in a hit on Riga forward Kaspars Saulietis. After reviewing the episode, the Committee upheld the match referee’s ruling and has suspended Jaakola for two games.