NLA - Single judge Reto Steinmann has issued a fine of CHF 800.- to HC Fribourg-Gottéron's Joel Kwiatkowski due to a violation of the SIHF's rules of conduct in an incident after the game HCAP vs HCFG on Saturday, November 1.

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After the Dragons' 3-4 SO loss to HC Ambrì-Piotta, Kwiatkowski got into an altercation with a group of HCAP fans, supposedly attacking and threatening one of them.

The single judge holds in his decision, that while the HCFG-defenseman's reaction might be in some sense understandable, a professional ice hockey player has to assume his responsibility as a role-model in such a situation.

Steinmann continues, that the 37-year-old should have therfore ended the incident in a different way or not let it come to any altercation in the first place.