Overview
- The Department of Player Safety said the play was the deliberate use of a stick as a weapon to an opponent’s head.
- Officials reached the ruling after a review that used video, game reports, interviews and submissions from both clubs.
- The sanction requires education, counseling and community service plus an appearance before a Reinstatement Panel to seek 2026–27 eligibility.
- Dragusica received a match penalty and was ejected on Nov. 14 after slashing Brady Blaseg, then cross-checking him while he was down.
- Blaseg left that game but returned for the next one; Erie’s Brett Hammond later received a one-game suspension for a hit from behind on Blaseg.