from Adam Steiss of IIHF.com,

The IIHF Disciplinary Board has handed down multiple suspensions to both players and coaches of the Swedish National Junior team for their conduct during the medal ceremony of the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship in Buffalo, USA....

In addition to the player suspensions, The Disciplinary Board has also suspended three members of the coaching staff....

The violations occurred during the closing ceremony of the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship on 5 January 2018, in Buffalo, USA.

In the case of the players, immediately after the silver medal was placed around their necks and while still on the ice, all four players took the medals off and kept them in their hands for the remaining ceremony. Lias Andersson, who had been warned by the Co-Chairman of the championship not to take off the medal when he placed the medal around his neck, nevertheless took it off and tossed it into the stands.

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