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Ducks prospect Max Jones suspended 10 games in OHL for cross-check

2016 NHL Draft - Round One

BUFFALO, NY - JUNE 24: Max Jones celebrates with the Anaheim Ducks after being selected 24th overall during round one of the 2016 NHL Draft on June 24, 2016 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

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Anaheim Ducks prospect Max Jones is in some trouble in the OHL once again.

The league announced on Thursday that Jones, selected by the Ducks in the first round (No. 24 overall) of the 2016 NHL draft, has been suspended 10 games for a cross-checking incident that occurred during Friday’s London Knights-Owen Sound Attack game.

He has already served two games of the suspension.

The incident happened in the third period of the the Knights’ 6-1 loss just after the Attack’s Jonah Gadjovich scored his third goal of the game. Jones ended up getting ejected from the game along with a five-minute major for cross-checking.

Here is a look at the incident.

This is not the first time Jones has been hammered with a double-digit game suspension in the OHL. He was also suspended for 12 games during last year’s playoffs for a nasty head shot on Justin Brack in a game that was also against Owen Sound.

Jones is a talented player that has averaged close to a point per game the past two years in the OHL (including 32 points in 29 games this season) but he has also shown a tendency to cross the line when it comes to physical play. Along with these two suspensions that have totaled 22 games the past two years he has also been assessed 166 penalty minutes. During the 2014-15 season when he was a member of the U.S. National Under-17 team he picked up 112 penalty minutes ... in 21 games.