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ECHL Player Suspended, Released After Being Accused of Making Racist Gesture

Jerome Miron/USA Today Sports

Jacksonville Icemen defenseman Jacob Panetta was suspended indefinitely by the ECHL on Sunday and then was released from the team after Panetta allegedly directed a racist gesture toward South Carolina Stingrays defenseman Jordan Subban, who is Black.

Video footage from Saturday night's game between the teams shows Panetta, 26, gesturing toward Subban during an altercation at the beginning of overtime. Officials assessed 27 minutes in penalties, including two game misconducts, to Panetta during the incident, and the league suspended him Sunday morning pending a hearing.

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