Flyers rookie Joel Farabee facing a suspension from NHL Player Safety.

The Philadelphia Flyers are now facing a potential suspension to one of their young players. 

On Sunday night the Flyers faced off against the Winnipeg Jets in what turned out to be a blowout on the part of the Winnipeg Jets who would eventually take home a 7 - 3 victory. The game was actually pretty close until a pivotal moment in the game in which Flyers rookie forward Joel Farabee seemed to take some rather extreme liberties with the health of Winnipeg Jets veteran forward Mathieu Perreault. Not only was the moment a turning point in the game for the Jets but it may now also prove to have a negative impact other games for the Flyers moving forward.

According to an official announcement from the National Hockey League's Department of Player Safety, Farabee will now have a hearing on Monday for what the league has determined was "interference" on the part of the Flyers youngster. This is something of an interesting move given that Farabee is a rookie, does not have a history of being disciplined by the league, and was ejected from the game following the hit. It may be however that the NHL's Department of Player Safety deems that what amounts to a one game suspension was not enough and that further discipline is required for the rookie.

For those of you who missed the play, during the game Perreault was making a play on the puck along the end boards and dumped it back off to one of his teammates when he recovered the puck. It is unclear if Farabee simply had not seen Perreault get rid of the puck or if he simply did not care, but the end result was a very late hit on the part of the rookie, one that left Perreault unable to get back up to his feet under his own power. There was not much debate about the fact that this hit came late and it may be the seemingly blatant nature of this play that has gotten the attention of the NHL's Department of Player Safety.

Keep in mind that the league could also simply choose to fine Farabee here, a measure that would serve as a warning while also making him a repeat offender should an incident like this happen again.