I’ve long stopped trying to understand the rhyme and reason of the suspension lengths the NHL dishes out, so I’m not going to waste too much thought into why Ross Johnston’s first suspension is three games for an illegal check to the head that was judged to be a minor penalty on the ice.
Maybe precisely because it was only given a minor on the ice? Could be. It’s the NHL.
His victim, A.J. Greer, did not miss a shift until leaving the game halfway through the third period, logging 10 more shifts after this incident three minutes into the game.