{"id":62259,"date":"2019-11-25T13:48:57","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T18:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=62259"},"modified":"2020-12-26T16:31:06","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T21:31:06","slug":"maple-leafs-kerfoot-suspended-two-games-for-boarding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/11\/25\/maple-leafs-kerfoot-suspended-two-games-for-boarding\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Maple Leafs Alexander Kerfoot Suspended Two Games For Boarding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NHL Department of Player Safety announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/maple-leafs\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> forward <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kerfoal01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alexander Kerfoot<\/a><\/strong> has been suspended two games for boarding.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Toronto\u2019s Alexander Kerfoot has been suspended for two games for Boarding Colorado\u2019s Erik Johnson. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q1i23tNvVr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/Q1i23tNvVr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLPlayerSafety\/status\/1199020033281839104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Alexander Kerfoot Suspended<\/h2>\n<p>On Saturday night, an incident occurred between Kerfoot and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/avalanche\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colorado Avalanche<\/a> defenceman <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/johnser01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Erik Johnson<\/a><\/strong>. With the Maple Leafs on the attack, Kerfoot made a dangerous play forechecking the puck. While playing the puck behind his own net, Kerfoot cross-checked Johnson from behind. This caused Johnson to crash into the boards headfirst. The referee gave Kerfoot a penalty for boarding on the play. Soon after the league announced Kerfoot would have a hearing on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>This is Kerfoot&#8217;s first time in front of the Department of Player Safety. Along with the suspension, Kerfoot will forfeit US$37,634.40 in salary. Kerfoot knows this was a bone-headed play. And one he should not have made. Now Kerfoot will pay a penalty for his action.<\/p>\n<p>This was Kerfoot&#8217;s second game back after undergoing surgery to repair facial dental fractures. In 22 games this season, Kerfoot has five goals and three assists. He is currently on a six-game pointless streak. Kerfoot will miss the remainder of the Maple Leafs road trip. He is eligible to return Saturday against the Buffalo Sabres.<\/p>\n<h3>Going Forward<\/h3>\n<p>With Kerfoot out of the lineup for two games, look for either <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/timasdm01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dmytro Timashov<\/a> <\/strong>or <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/shoreni01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Shore<\/a><\/strong> to take his spot in the lineup. Even though Kerfoot is not putting up the points, this puts the Maple Leafs in a tough spot. Already without <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/marnemi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitch Marner<\/a><\/strong>, they have lost another forward upfront.<\/p>\n<p>The Maple Leafs have found new life under new coach <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/keefesh01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sheldon Keefe<\/a> after firing Mike Babcock. This will be a missed opportunity for Kerfoot. Hecould finally be put in a position to succeed with the Leafs playing to their potential. That chance will now be put on hold.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/toronto-maple-leafs-center-alexander-kerfoot-passes-the-puck-during-picture-id1181949836.jpg\" alt=\"\"> TORONTO, ON &#8211; NOVEMBER 09: Toronto Maple Leafs Center Alexander Kerfoot (15) passes the puck during the regular season NHL game between the Philadelphia Flyers and Toronto Maple Leafs on November 9, 2019 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, ON. (Photo by Gerry Angus\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NHL Department of Player Safety announced that Toronto Maple Leafs forward Alexander Kerfoot has been suspended two games for boarding. Toronto\u2019s Alexander Kerfoot has been suspended for two games for Boarding Colorado\u2019s Erik Johnson. https:\/\/t.co\/Q1i23tNvVr &mdash; NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) November 25, 2019 Alexander Kerfoot Suspended On Saturday night, an incident occurred between Kerfoot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3130,"featured_media":61598,"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":[34,18],"tags":[2797,36,2480,456,660,5738,231,229,2569,955,2977,457,72],"class_list":["post-62259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-leafs","tag-alexander-kerfoot","tag-colorado-avalanche","tag-department-of-player-safety","tag-dmytro-timashov","tag-erik-johnson","tag-hockey-news","tag-mike-babcock","tag-mitch-marner","tag-news","tag-nhl-news","tag-nick-shore","tag-sheldon-keefe","tag-toronto-maple-leafs"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62259","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\/3130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}