Shocking moment top NHL prospect dumps water bottle on fan... and is suspended by the league

New York Islanders prospect Kashawn Aitcheson received a two-game suspension from the Ontario Hockey League for splashing a fan with a water bottle after his Barrie Colts fell to the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds on Saturday.

Aitcheson was leaving the ice at the GFL Memorial Gardens following a heated game when a jersey-clad Greyhounds fan began taunting him and his teammates.

Without hesitation, Aitcheson stepped up and quickly waved his water bottle in the man’s face, squirting a stream of liquid in his general direction.

‘Barrie’s Kashawn Aitcheson suspended for two games as a result of actions (Interacting with spectators),’ read an X post from the OHL.

Aitcheson wasn’t the only player disciplined over Saturday’s game in Western Ontario. The Greyhounds’ Blake Arrowsmith (Slashing) and Spencer Evans (Inciting) were both given one-game bans.

OHL players are strictly prohibited from physically engaging with spectators, which is a rule rooted in hockey’s history of such incidents. Bruins legend Terry O’Reilly infamously led his teammates into the stands at Madison Square Garden in 1979 to fight with New York Rangers fans for hitting Boston’s Stan Jonathan with a rolled-up program.

The OHL is not a minor league, but rather a major junior league for players between the ages of 16 and 20. Players drafted by NHL teams often return to the OHL or other junior leagues for a season rather than going to play in the minors.

The suspension comes at an unfortunate time for a 19-year-old who was the 17th pick of the 2025 NHL Draft. Aitcheson has been absolutely dominant the season, registering 15 goals and nine assists in 19 games, including seven goals over his last five.

The Toronto native is expected to play another season in the OHL before joining another Islanders blue-line prospect, first-overall pick Matthew Schaefer, in New York next season.

Both players shoot lefty so they’re unlikely to be paired together in the NHL, but along with Victor Eklund and Cal Ritchie, the teenagers do represent a budding talent pool for Patrick Roy’s team.