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OHL Suspends Brampton’s Luke Dragusica Pending Review After Stick Slash to Oshawa’s Brady Blaseg

The review follows a late-game blow that left Brady Blaseg bleeding, prompting calls for a lengthy ban based on OHL precedent.

Overview

  • The incident occurred late in the third period of Brampton’s 3–1 win after Dragusica was checked behind the net by Brady Blaseg and Franssen Harrison.
  • Dragusica rose and struck Blaseg in the side of the head with his stick, then cross-checked him while he was on the ice.
  • Blaseg left the ice under his own power with a cut and did not return to the game.
  • Oshawa players confronted Dragusica immediately, with forward Luke Posthumus engaging him as a melee broke out.
  • The league listed the infraction as a match penalty for slashing and suspended Dragusica pending further disciplinary review, as observers cite past cases like Michael Liambas’s 68-game ban and the McSorley–Brashear incident for context.