The ECHL Department of Player Safety on Tuesday announced that Greenville’s Bobby Russell has been suspended for two games and fined an undisclosed amount as a result of his actions in ECHL Playoff Game #C-2, Orlando at Greenville, on April 22.
Russell is fined and suspended under Rule #28 Supplementary Discipline as the result of an illegal check to the head of an opponent at 3:06 of the second period.
Russell will miss Greenville’s playoff games at Orlando on April 26 and April 27.
Under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the ECHL and the Professional Hockey Players’ Association, player fines collected by the ECHL are given to the PHPA for its ECHL Player’s Hardship Fund.
ECHL announces fine, suspension
Tuesday, April 23rd
0 seconds of 54 secondsVolume 90%
Press shift question mark to access a list of keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard Shortcuts
Shortcuts Open/Close/ or ?
Play/PauseSPACE
Increase Volume↑
Decrease Volume↓
Seek Forward→
Seek Backward←
Captions On/Offc
Fullscreen/Exit Fullscreenf
Mute/Unmutem
Decrease Caption Size-
Increase Caption Size+ or =
Seek %0-9
Latest News
More News
ECHL Transactions - Jan. 17
MeiGray to auction items from 2025 Warrior ECHL Hockey Heritage Game
ECHL Today - Jan. 17
Sebrango makes NHL debut
ECHL Transactions - Jan. 16
Ice Level Podcast - Episode 13
ECHL Transactions - Jan. 15
Season 2 of “ECHL Unfiltered” to feature South Carolina Stingrays
Gatcomb makes NHL debut
Sign Up For Updates
Sign up for our email newsletter to be the first to know about ECHL news!