Flyers’ Gudas suspended 6 games for hit on Bruins’ Czarnik

Radko Gudas didn't get away with this one.

The Philadelphia Flyers defenseman was suspended six games for interference on Boston Bruins forward Austin Czarnik, the NHL's Department of Player Safety announced Monday.

Gudas caught Czarnik with a late, high hit Saturday, and the league described it Monday as making "significant head contact and causing an injury."

The repeat offender will forfeit more than $245,000, and won't be eligible to return to the lineup until Oct. 25 against the Buffalo Sabres.

Gudas escaped supplemental discipline for boarding New York Rangers rookie Jimmy Vesey earlier in the preseason.

He's been assessed major penalties for a handful of incidents over the last two seasons, but had only been suspended once - for a hit on Mika Zibanejad last December - prior to Monday's decision.

(Video courtesy: NHL.com)

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