Toronto, ON – The NHL Players' Association has asked the league to delay the hearing of Florida Panthers forward Krys Barch until Thursday.
TSN of Canada reported that the NHLPA asked for the hearing, originally scheduled for Wednesday, be pushed back to accommodate a previously scheduled grievance.
Barch, who is Caucasian, faces a meeting with the NHL for allegedly uttering a racial remark in the direction of Montreal Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban, who is of African-Canadian descent, on Saturday night.
TSN quotes the Miami Herald, which said that linesman Darren Gibbs overheard the alleged remark, uttered as Subban was leaving the ice.
Barch was given a game misconduct, but the Panthers won 3-2.
