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Nashville Predators forward Zachary L'Heureux facing major punishment after dangerous slew foot

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Tyler Ball
January 1, 2025  (8:59 PM)
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Nashville Predators forward Zachary L'Heureux taking down Minnesota Wild defenseman Jared Spurgeon with a dirty slew foot hit.
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Today news has come out that polarizing Nashville Predators forward Zachary L'Heureux is facing a potential suspension for a dangerous slew foot to Jared Spurgeon.

During last night's Nashville Predators and Minnesota Wild game forward Zachary L'Heureux was ejected by the referees after a dangerous slew foot hit on Jared Spurgeon.

The hit seen below shows L'Heureux clearly taking out Spurgeon from behind by locking his leg underneath his opponent and slew footing him.

While this is L'Heureux's first potential punishment from the NHL regarding a safety issue he has a reputation throughout his young career in professional hockey as a dirty player.

This reputation began during his junior career with the Halifax Mooseheads where he was suspended nine separate times for different incidents that were considered dangerous.

As he began his pro career the suspensions soon followed as he has also been suspended twice in the AHL in just 70 total games played.

According to reports L'Heureux will now be heading to a meeting with the NHL Department of Player Safety to learn his fate regarding his first potential suspension as an NHLer.

Zachary L'Heureux to meet with the NHL Department of Player Safety

Multiple sources have confirmed that the NHL Department of Player Safety will be conducting a phone meeting with L'Heureux to discuss his punishment.

Sources have also indicated that due to this being L'Heureux's first meeting at the NHL level his punishments at other levels will not be taken into consideration when determining this issue.

The NHL Department of Player Safety confirmed that the phone meeting will take place tomorrow which means we will likely learn L'Heureux's fate by the end of the day on Thursday.

After L'Heureux meets with the NHL Department of Player Safety we will pass along the latest news on his punishment and the implications of his conduct on the future of his career in the NHL with the Nashville Predators.

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