Rangers’ Matt Rempe suspended four games for elbow to Devils player’s head

RALEIGH, N.C. — Ten games into his NHL career, Matt Rempe has already had to introduce himself to George Parros, the head of the NHL’s department of player safety.

Parros suspended Rempe for four games on Tuesday after the Rangers’ rookie landed a high-elbowed hit to the head of Devils defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler in Monday’s 3-1 win at the Garden.

Rempe will miss Tuesday’s game against the Hurricanes, Thursday’s game against the Lightning, Saturday’s game against the Penguins and Sunday’s game against the Islanders.

“We talked to Matt before that hit,” head coach Peter Laviolette said before Tuesday’s game. “We talked to him about his game, on the ice, his physicality, what he brings to the team. It’s a young player and we look to always talk with him and teach him. It’s a learning process. He’ll serve the games and move on.”

Rempe, who already had drawn the ire of the Devils since he rammed Nathan Bastian on Feb. 22, was assessed a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct for his actions.

The Devils’ newly acquired enforcer, Kurtis MacDermid, tried to make Rempe answer for the previous hit on Bastian in the first period Tuesday night, but the 6-foot-8 ½ forward declined.