Ohio State has suspended the player who was accused of directing racial slurs toward a Michigan State hockey player during a game at Munn Ice Arena in East Lansing earlier this month.
Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said in a statement late Tuesday night that the player, senior forward Kamil Sadlocha from Carpentersville, Illinois, would be "returning home and will not practice or compete at this time." There were no additional details on how long his absence would last.
On Monday night, Michigan State senior forward Jagger Joshua, from Dearborn, detailed in a social-media post about the incident, which took place in a game Nov.