Senators' Ridly Greig Suspended To Start Next Season

The Ottawa Senators' season ended last week, not quite the way they had hoped. A four-game sweep at the hands of the Carolina Hurricanes sent the Senators home to stew for the summer. 

Now, just to add a little insult to injury, the NHL has suspended forward Ridly Greig for two games to start next season for sucker punching the Canes' Sean Walker in the final game of the series.  

Ottawa’s Ridly Greig has been suspended for two regular season games for roughing Carolina’s Sean Walker. https://t.co/XE6KSJ4YDU

— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) May 4, 2026

Greig will be out for the first two games of the 2026-2027 NHL regular season next fall.

As the two teams engaged in a scrum around center ice after a stoppage in play, Walker and Senators forward Warren Foegele were entangled as part of the proceedings. Greig came up and delivered two unanswered shots to the defenseless Walker while he was wrapped up by Foegele and couldn't have seen Greig. The second sucker punch was a gloved uppercut to the head that dropped Walker to the ice. 

As NHL Player Safety noted in its decision, this wasn't a "mutual confrontation."

Given that Greig had a history of one previous suspension, he gets two games for his actions. 

Of course, Walker is having the last laugh, as his Hurricanes are into the second round of the playoffs, and Greig is on the golf course.