ECHL announces fine, suspension

The ECHL Department of Player Safety on Sunday announced that Tulsa’s Roman Kinal has been suspended for one game and fined an undisclosed amount as a result of his actions in ECHL Game #723, Allen at Tulsa, on Feb. 14.

Kinal is fined and suspended under Rule #28 – Supplementary Discipline as a result of his major penalty and game misconduct for head-butting at 18:40 of the first period.

Kinal will miss Tulsa’s games at Allen today (Feb. 15).

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.