The American Hockey League announced this morning that San Jose Barracuda winger Krystof Hrabik has been suspended for 30 games as a result of racist gestures made toward Tucson Roadrunners winger Boko Imama during a game between the two teams on Jan. 12. Hrabik has already served three games of the suspension while the league investigated reports from the officials working the game. Reportedly, Hrabik mimicked an ape, a gesture directed at Imama, whose family immigrated to Montreal from the Democratic Republic of Congo and is Black.
Both the AHL and Roadrunners issued statements in support of Imama.