IIHF shows its (lack of) teeth with suspension

Andri Denyskin won't be able to play in any second-tier international competitions after his racial slur against Jalen Smereck, who has found a home in Germany

Jalen Smereck, seen here playing with the Flint Firebirds in 2017, has gone on to the DEL, the top league in Germany.

Almost five months after the fact, the IIHF finally got around to disciplining Andri Denyskin of Ukraine for a racist gesture he made to Jalen Smereck, who is Black, in a game in the Ukrainian Hockey League (UHL) in late September. And it…