The Colorado Avalanche will likely be with out winger Valeri Nichushkin for the Stanley Cup Playoffs and for a number of months as he was positioned in Stage 3 of the NHL/NHLPA Help Program.
The announcement got here hours earlier than the Avalanche took on the Dallas Stars in Recreation 4 of their Western Convention semifinals matchup. It’s the second time this season he’s been in this system, and Stage 3 means he violated the phrases of this system.
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Valeri Nichushkin #13 of the Colorado Avalanche skates in warmups forward of Recreation Three of the Second Spherical of the Stanley Cup Playoffs towards the Dallas Stars at Ball Area on Could 11, 2024 in Denver, Colorado. ( Ashley Potts/NHLI by way of Getty Photos)
“Beneath the phrases of the joint program, Nichushkin will likely be suspended with out pay for no less than six months after which will likely be eligible to use for reinstatement,” a joint assertion learn.
He was main the staff with 9 playoff objectives.
Nichushkin was out for almost two months earlier within the season to obtain care from this system for points that weren’t disclosed. It got here on the heels of lacking the ultimate 5 video games of a playoff exit final season for what the staff known as private causes.
Through the Avalanche’s playoff collection towards the Seattle Kraken final season, he left the staff for private causes. His absence began after officers have been known as to a disaster at a lodge earlier than Recreation 3. A 28-year-old lady was reportedly in an ambulance when police arrived, and medics have been advised to talk with an Avalanche staff doctor to collect extra particulars.
Valeri Nichushkin #13 of the Colorado Avalanche prepares for a primary interval face-off towards the Winnipeg Jets in Recreation 5 of the First Spherical of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Canada Life Centre on April 30, 2024 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (Jonathan Kozub/NHLI by way of Getty Photos)
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A Seattle police report stated the Avalanche doctor advised officers that staff workers discovered the lady after they checked on Nichushkin, The Related Press reported. The doctor advised officers the lady seemed to be closely intoxicated, too intoxicated to have left the lodge in a cab or in any other case and requested EMS help.
“I do know you guys wish to discover one thing there, nevertheless it’s nothing actually attention-grabbing. I feel we should always shut it,” he stated earlier than the season when requested in regards to the incident.
FILE – Colorado Avalanche ahead Valeri Nichushkin celebrates his purpose in the course of the second interval of the staff’s NHL hockey sport towards the Buffalo Sabres, Feb. 4, 2020, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photograph/Jeffrey T. Barnes, File)
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Within the 54 video games he did play in the course of the 2023-24 season, he scored 28 objectives and racked up 53 factors.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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