The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced on Saturday morning that Capitals forward Nicolas Aube-Kubel will have a hearing today for illegal check to the head on Tampa Bay’s Cal Foote on Friday night.
Washington’s Nicolas Aube-Kubel will have a hearing today for an Illegal Check to the Head on Tampa Bay’s Cal Foote.
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) November 12, 2022
The Capitals lost forward Aube-Kubel during the second period of Friday night’s game against the Tampa Bay Lightning, after he was assessed a match penalty for a hit to the head.
The incident occurred at the 1:56 mark of the middle frame, when Aube-Kubel came laterally across the ice and made contact with Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Cal Foote (son of longtime NHL defenseman Adam Foote), who was trailing the play.
A 5-minute penalty is awarded to the @TBLightning after Cal Foote takes a dirty hit from Nicolas Aube-Kubel who has been ejected.@TBLightning | #GoBolts pic.twitter.com/2nBPEcAttF
— Bally Sports Florida & Bally Sports Sun (@BallySportsFL) November 12, 2022
Aube-Kubel has been previously fined by the NHL for a kneeing incident, and in 2018, during his time with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms (Philadelphia Flyers) of the American Hockey League, was suspended three games for an illegal check to the head.
In May 2021, during his time with the Flyers in a game against Washington, Aube-Kubel collided with current teammate Tom Wilson in a knee-on-knee incident.
