Lightning forward Conor Geekie has been suspended for one preseason game for his role in "starting an altercation" with Florida's Josh Davies.

Tampa Bay Lightning forward Conor Geekie has been suspended by the NHL for violating a rule in the preseason game against the Florida Panthers on Wednesday. The league blasted Geekie with a one-game ban following his actions and the altercation during the aforementioned game.

They also traded away defender Mikhail Sergachev that included former first-round pick prospect Conor Geekie. Geekie is vying for a spot in the Lightning lineup at just 20 years old. The team has given him ample opportunity during the preseason,

Conor Geekie will have a hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety on Thursday. The Tampa Bay Lightning forward is facing discipline for leaving the bench on a legal line change for the purpose of starting an altercation during a 2-1 loss to the Florida Panthers in a preseason game Wednesday.

Conor Geekie has been a quick study in Lightning training camp. He’s just weeks into his first preseason in Tampa, and he’s already grasped what it means to play like a Bolt. He is a poster boy for promise,

Tampa Bay Lightning rookie forward Conor Geekie will have a hearing after he jumped off the bench and instigated a fight in a pre-season game against the Florida Panthers.

TAMPA — Lightning top prospect Conor Geekie, who earned kudos from his teammates after fighting Florida’s Josh Davies following an open-ice hit the Panther put on captain Victor Hedman, now faces possible suspension for initiating the dust-up in Wednesday’s preseason game.