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Mark Scheifele to have hearing for hit on Jake Evans

Winnipeg Jets forward Mark Scheifele will have a hearing on Thursday regarding the hit on Montreal Canadiens forward Jake Evans, the department of player safety announced.

Winnipeg’s Mark Scheifele will have a hearing today for Charging Montreal’s Jake Evans.

— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) June 3, 2021

The person will be done over the phone, which means the discipline will be five games or less. If the suspension would be more, he would have been offered an in-person hearing over Zoom.

The hearing is regarding charging, which indicates what the department will be looking at.