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NHL veteran P.K. Subban discussed his reaction to learning his brother, Jordan Subban, was a target of racist taunts during a hockey game.
“I didn’t sleep much,” he told reporters Sunday night. “Sheer disappointment. It’s distasteful. There is no room for it in our game. I’m embarrassed because our game is better than this.”
The incident took place Saturday in an ECHL game between the Jacksonville Icemen and South Carolina Stingrays, leading to a fight early in overtime. After the game, Stingrays defenseman Jordan Subban explained what took place on the ice:
Jordan Subban @jordansubban
More like <a href=”https://twitter.com/JPanetta12?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@JPanetta12</a> was too much of a coward to fight me and as soon as I began to turn my back he started making monkey gestures at me so I punched him in the face multiple times and he turtled like the coward he is. There fixed it ???????? <a href=”https://t.co/JtPqpN9wwE”>https://t.co/JtPqpN9wwE</a>
Icemen defenseman Jacob Panetta was immediately released and is indefinitely suspended by the ECHL, pending a hearing.
This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available.
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