The SJHL has handed out a number of suspensions after an off-ice incident Friday involving the Melville Millionaires. The exact nature of the incident was not disclosed by the league. 

Head coach Mike Rooney has been suspended for 10 games and handed a $1,500 fine. The league has also suspended five players – Braden Larochelle, Nicholas Samson, Aiden Robson, Alexis Giroux and Charles Thomas-Larochelle. The players are suspended for five games each.  

The Millionaires were scheduled to start the season on Friday in Weyburn against the Red Wings, but the game was postponed due to a positive case of COVID-19 associated with the team. The game Saturday was also postponed, as was the Millionaires game scheduled for Wednesday against Humbolt. 

If no further games for the Millionaires are postponed, Rooney will be able to return to the bench on October 19th, when the team hosts the Flin Flon Bombers. The five players will be eligible to return to the ice on October 9th, when Melville is scheduled to travel to Yorkton to play the Terriers.