The Colorado Avalanche shall be with out winger Valeri Nichushkin for the Stanley Cup Playoffs and for a number of months as he was positioned in Stage 3 of the NHL/NHLPA Help Program.
The announcement got here hours earlier than the Avalanche took on the Dallas Stars in Sport 4 of their Western Convention semifinals matchup. It’s the second time this season he’s been in this system, and Stage 3 means he violated the phrases of this system.
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Valeri Nichushkin #13 of the Colorado Avalanche skates in warmups forward of Sport Three of the Second Spherical of the Stanley Cup Playoffs towards the Dallas Stars at Ball Area on Might 11, 2024 in Denver, Colorado. ( Ashley Potts/NHLI through Getty Pictures)
“Below the phrases of the joint program, Nichushkin shall be suspended with out pay for at least six months after which shall be eligible to use for reinstatement,” a joint assertion learn.
He was main the crew with 9 playoff targets.
Nichushkin was out for almost two months earlier within the season to obtain care from this system for points that weren’t disclosed. It got here on the heels of lacking the ultimate 5 video games of a playoff exit final season for what the crew known as private causes.
Through the Avalanche’s playoff collection towards the Seattle Kraken final season, he left the crew for private causes. His absence began after officers had been known as to a disaster at a resort earlier than Sport 3. A 28-year-old girl was reportedly in an ambulance when police arrived, and medics had been advised to talk with an Avalanche crew doctor to collect extra particulars.
Valeri Nichushkin #13 of the Colorado Avalanche prepares for a primary interval face-off towards the Winnipeg Jets in Sport 5 of the First Spherical of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Canada Life Centre on April 30, 2024 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (Jonathan Kozub/NHLI through Getty Pictures)
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A Seattle police report stated the Avalanche physician told officers that crew workers discovered the girl after they checked on Nichushkin, The Related Press reported. The doctor advised officers the girl seemed to be closely intoxicated, too intoxicated to have left the resort in a cab or in any other case and requested EMS help.
“I do know you guys wish to discover one thing there, nevertheless it’s nothing actually fascinating. I believe we should always shut it,” he stated earlier than the season when requested concerning the incident.
FILE – Colorado Avalanche ahead Valeri Nichushkin celebrates his objective through the second interval of the crew’s NHL hockey sport towards the Buffalo Sabres, Feb. 4, 2020, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Picture/Jeffrey T. Barnes, File)
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Within the 54 video games he did play through the 2023-24 season, he scored 28 targets and racked up 53 factors.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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