Jets' Lemieux suspended 2 games for hit to head of Panthers' Trocheck

Winnipeg Jets forward Brendan Lemieux has been suspended two games for his headshot on Vincent Trocheck of the Florida Panthers, the NHL's Department of Player Safety announced Monday.

Lemieux was given a match penalty after he caught Trocheck up high in the second period of Friday's game in Finland.

Trocheck appeared shaken up but remained in the game.

In the video explanation of the decision, the league emphasized that Trocheck's head was the main point of contact, and "the head contact on this hit was avoidable."

Lemieux had no history of supplemental discipline before this ruling.