Hockey is back, and so are the hits.
Monday night’s preseason game between the Rangers and Flyers featured another dirty one, as Philadelphia’s Radko Gudas, notorious for such play, was at it again. This time he targeted 23-year-old Jimmy Vesey, blatantly and deliberately hitting the New York rookie from behind. A brawl followed and Gudas was given a game misconduct penalty. He won’t face discipline for the hit, though.
The hit was extremely dangerous, driving Vesey’s head into the boards while he was in a vulnerable position. The 6-foot, 204-pound Gudas never stopped skating, hitting Vesey right in the numbers and sending him temporarily to the locker room.