Kraken Prospect Earns Player Safety Hearing for High Hit (VIDEO)
The NHL's Department of Player Safety announced today that Seattle Kraken prospect Jacob Melanson will have a hearing for interference and an illegal check to the head of Oilers' prospect James Hamblin.
Melanson, 19, was selected 131st by the Kraken in 2021; Hamblin, undrafted, has spent the last two seasons with the Oilers' AHL affiliate in Bakersfield, California.
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