used on checking lines for aggressive forechecking sequences. Reaves' playstyle has often led to run-ins with the NHL Department of Player Safety. He has been suspended three times during his NHL career for a total of six games (including three playoff games), and has been fined an additional three times. During the second round of the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs, Reaves received a match penalty for attempting to injure Colorado Avalanche's Ryan Graves, after kneeling on his neck and pulling parts of his hair out. This incident resulted in a 2 game suspension from the NHL. Reaves was suspended for Game 7 of the Golden Knights' second round against the Vancouver Canucks in the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs for an illegal hit to the head of Vancouver Canucks forward Tyler Motte, and was also suspended three games after boarding San Jose Sharks defenseman Matt Tennyson in 2016. Personal life Reaves is the son of Willard Reaves, a former professional football player in the Canadian Football League and National Football League. At the time of his birth in Winnipeg, his father was a member of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. His brother Jordan Reaves is a player with the Edmonton Elks. He also has an older sister named Regina. Reaves holds both American and Canadian citizenship. Reaves is the great-great-great-grandson of Bass Reeves, the first black lawman west of the Mississippi River. Bass served as a deputy U.S. marshal in Fort Smith, Arkansas under the direction of judge Isaac Parker, known as the "Hanging Judge". Career statistics References External links 1987 births Living people Alaska Aces (ECHL) players Black Canadian ice hockey players Brandon Wheat Kings players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Canadian ice hockey right wingers Canadian people of African-American descent Minnesota Wild players New York Rangers players Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL) players Peoria Rivermen (AHL) players Pittsburgh Penguins players Ice hockey people from Winnipeg St. Louis Blues draft picks St. Louis Blues players Vegas Golden Knights players