UAH's Saulnier banned for four games

A combination of automatic suspensions and supplemental discipline by the WCHA has resulted in Alabama Huntsville senior forward Brennan Saulnier being banned for his team's next four games, the conference announced on Monday. That includes two games against Minnesota State on Feb. 9-10.

Saulnier was suspended by the WCHA earlier this season for his elbow to the head of MSU freshman forward Dallas Gerads and has been suspended by supplemental discipline two other times this season.

On Saturday, Saulnier was called for checking from behind 33 seconds into UAH's home game against Bemidji State. He was assessed a five-minute major and a game misconduct for the play. He was also given a game disqualification penalty for abuse of officials at the time. A DQ results in an automatic one-game suspension. The league also gave him an addition game after reviewing the hit. An additional two-game suspension comes from NCAA rules due to an accumulation of game-misconduct penalties.

Saulnier has received nine game-misconduct penalties throughout his college career. This is the third time he has received supplemental suspension by the WCHA.

Read more about the suspension here.

He will miss this weekend's games against Northern Michigan prior to the Minnesota State series. Certainly both teams are glad they won't be having to deal with him.