ECHL's Arvin Atwal gets lengthy suspension and fine for abusing official after intense fight

Arwin Atwal, the ECHL's leader in average penalty minutes per game, has been handed a lengthy suspension, as well as a fine, for abuse of an official. The incident happened following an intense fight Sunday night between Atwal, a member of the Florida Everblades and Sam Jardine of the Greenville Swamp Rabbits.

While the video shown below shows the fight (which is a really good one), it does not show what happened to get Atwal a five-game suspension by the league, as well as an undisclosed fine. However, it's has been reported that Atwal became agitated and started grabbing a linesman aggressively as he was being led off the ice to serve his five minute major for fighting. He was given a game misconduct at the time.

"Atwal is suspended three games for his game misconduct under Rule #40.4 for physical abuse of officials, one game under Rule #23.4 for receiving his third game misconduct of the season in the general category and one game for being a repeat offender," said the ECHL in a release.

Atwal, 25, has spent most of his career in the ECHL, but has also spent some time at the AHL level with the Rochester Americans and Milwaukee Admirals. As you can likely tell by the ECHL's statement, this is not his first suspension, and unlikely to be his last.