Pláněk gets eight-match ban for foul against Sedlák, highest of season

Hradec Králové defender Martin Pláněk received an eight-match ban and a fine of 10% of his monthly salary for fouling Pardubice captain Lukáš Sedlák in the third semi-final of the hockey extra league play-off. The Association of Professional Ice Hockey Clubs reported on the highest penalty handed down by the competition's disciplinary committee this season on the social network X.

Martin Pláněk fouled Lukáš Sedlák on Monday in the seventh minute behind the Hradec Králové team’s goal. The 32-year-old forward fell from a height onto the ice and lay unconscious for a long time. He left the hall on a stretcher with a neck brace, and was subsequently taken to hospital, which he left on Tuesday morning.