Micah Zandee-Hart suspended, will miss Sirens home finale

Micah Zandee-Hart -- courtesy of PWHL The New York Sirens’ uphill climb to the No. 4 seed just got a little bit steeper. Sirens captain Micah Zandee-Hart will miss New York’s final home game of 2025-26 after being issued a one-game suspension Tuesday afternoon by the PWHL Player Safety Committee.

Zandee-Hart received a five-minute major penalty and game misconduct for an illegal check to the head in the third period of New York’s 4-1 loss to the Minnesota Frost on Saturday. The Sirens defender cut across the front of Frost forward Katy Knoll, delivering a high blow with her left elbow. Knoll was slow to get up and briefly headed to the Minnesota locker room.

“In their review, the Player Safety Committee determined that Zandee-Hart delivered a high and forceful check that made her opponent’s head the main point of contact on a play where such head contact was avoidable,” the PWHL announced in a statement Tuesday. Micah Zandee-Hart suspended 1 game for the first hit in this video. The Sirens' captain will miss their last regular-season home game https://t.

co/vcy2Y6VqpT — Kyle Cushman (@Kyle_Cush) April 14, 2026 Zandee-Hart is a repeat offender in the PWHL after receiving a $250 fine for a cross-checking game misconduct in New York’s season opener against the Ottawa Charge . She is the second Sirens skater to be suspended in April; Emmy Fecteau served a one-game ban Sunday against Minnesota after an illegal body check on Seattle Torrent forward Mikyla Grant-Mentis. Zandee-Hart leads all PWHL skaters with 50 penalty minutes this season.