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NHL Suspends Kraken Prospect Multiple Games for Headshot (VIDEO)

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Jon
September 27, 2022  (8:09 PM)
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The NHL's Department of Player Safety announced today that Seattle Kraken prospect Jacob Melanson is suspended two games for interference and an illegal check to the head of Oilers' prospect James Hamblin.

Melanson, 19, was selected 131st by the Kraken in 2021; Hamblin, undrafted, has spent the last two seasons with the Oilers' AHL affiliate in Bakersfield, California.