{"id":120128,"date":"2021-10-19T11:25:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T15:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=120128"},"modified":"2021-10-19T20:19:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T00:19:31","slug":"pavel-buchnevich-to-have-department-of-player-safety-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/10\/19\/pavel-buchnevich-to-have-department-of-player-safety-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Pavel Buchnevich Suspended Two Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>St. Louis Blues forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/buchnpa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pavel Buchnevich<\/a> will serve a two game suspension for headbutting <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/coyotes\/\" target=\"_self\">Arizona Coyotes<\/a> forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/crousla01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lawson Crouse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">St. Louis\u2019 Pavel Buchnevich has been suspended for two games for Head-butting Arizona\u2019s Lawson Crouse. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0PZIpVeX6Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/0PZIpVeX6Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLPlayerSafety\/status\/1450614022420717571?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Pavel Buchnevich Headbutt Earns Suspension<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>After tying the game up earlier with his first goal of the season, Buchnevich collided with Coyotes forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/laddan01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Ladd<\/a>. While it first appeared unintentional, Buchnevich\u2019s elbow caught Ladd on the nose, resulting in a small gash on his bridge. Shortly after, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/huttoca01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carter Hutton<\/a> halted play and Crouse approached Buchnevich about his actions. After Crouse roughed him up with a couple of cross-checks, Buchnevich delivered a headbutt to the chin of Crouse.<\/p>\n<p>As per rule 47.4 in the NHL rulebook, Buchnevich received a match penalty for his actions. Crouse, on the other hand, was given a two-minute penalty for cross-checking and was not injured on the play.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the 26-year-old&#8217;s first run-in with the Department of Player Safety. Buchnevich was suspended earlier this year, on May 5<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0for cross-checking <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/capitals\/\" target=\"_self\">Washington Capitals<\/a> forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/manthan01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anthony Mantha<\/a> in the face. Given that he\u2019s only played two full games since that altercation occurred, it\u2019s safe to assume that Buchnevich could miss some time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pavel Buchnevich Given Match Penalty For &quot;Headbutting&quot; Lawson Crouse\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nUDcSxjNAxk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>What This Means for the Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Buchnevich was the Blues\u2019 most significant offseason signing. However, thanks to the work of general manager Doug Armstrong, replacing him in the interim is no cause for concern. The Blues have a very potent top-nine, giving them options like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/tarasvl01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vladimir Tarasenko<\/a> and youngster <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kostikl01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Klim Kostin<\/a> to get more ice-time with Buchnevich out. They may also look to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/nealja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Neal<\/a>, who was scratched last night after playing just eleven minutes in the season opener.<\/p>\n<p>The St.Louis Blues square off against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/vegas-golden-knights\/\" target=\"_self\">Vegas Golden Knights<\/a> on Wednesday, potentially without the services of Pavel Buchnevich.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"6pw8DMawRd5JLLVMb7jO-w\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1347390659\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'6pw8DMawRd5JLLVMb7jO-w',sig:'sPbfiQe4ndEhYlFVjV9c5OQBO9dPB6KmXrsE_Ijjp6g=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1347390659',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Louis Blues forward Pavel Buchnevich will serve a two game suspension for headbutting Arizona Coyotes forward Lawson Crouse. St. Louis\u2019 Pavel Buchnevich has been suspended for two games for Head-butting Arizona\u2019s Lawson Crouse. https:\/\/t.co\/0PZIpVeX6Y \u2014 NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) October 20, 2021 Pavel Buchnevich Headbutt Earns Suspension After tying the game up earlier with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3917,"featured_media":120132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,4547,34,4548],"tags":[2480,4203,2366],"class_list":["post-120128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blues","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-department-of-player-safety","tag-lawson-crouse","tag-pavel-buchnevich"],"modified_by":"Jake Rivard","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3917"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}