After a racist incident against Quebecer Bokondji Imama in the American Hockey League on January 12, it’s Jordan Subban’s turn to be the victim of insults because of the color of his skin.
Posted at 12:20 p.m.
Updated at 12:35 p.m.
The actions took place Saturday, during a game between the South Carolina Stingrays and the Jacksonville Icemen in the ECHL. After an altercation in the corner of the rink, Icemen defenseman Jordan Penetta taunted the younger Subban brothers by imitating a monkey.
Obviously, it didn’t take much for Subban to go after Penetta, even if the officials tried to hold them back. The ECHL announced Sunday that Penetta was suspended indefinitely. In the AHL, Krystof Hrabik inherited a 30-game suspension for his actions.
The Subbans react
The Icemen’s social media team posted a tweet mentioning “an intense fight that ended in punishment on both sides. »
After the meeting, Jordan was quick to share the tweet in question, stating that the team had forgotten to mention Penetta’s unforgivable actions.
“It’s more that Penetta was too cowardly to fight me and as soon as my back was turned, he took the opportunity to imitate a monkey, looking at me, and I settled his account by hitting him. punches in the face. Afterwards, he complained like the coward he is. I corrected the situation. »
Later, a video of about 90 seconds surfaced on social media and P.K., Jordan’s brother, shared it on all his platforms.
“People don’t call the ECHL the jungle because my brother and the other black players are monkeys. Hey, Jacob Penetta, you shouldn’t have deleted your Twitter and Instagram accounts so quickly, surely you’ll be able to play again soon… Now it’s not just the hockey world that knows your true colors… your hometown of Belleville, your family and your friends now know that you are a scoundrel, ”wrote the former Canadiens player.