Forward Matt Caria is out for the rest of the first round of the OUA hockey playoffs.
The Lakehead Thunderwolves leading scorer was handed a two-game suspension on Thursday for a match penalty he incurred in Wednesday’s playoff-opening 7-2 loss to the host Waterloo Warriors.
It means the Sault Ste. Marie native will sit out Friday’s do-or-die Game 2, and if necessary on Saturday, Game 3.
If the Wolves are eliminated in the best-of-three series, the suspension will carry over until the first game of the 2013-14 season, if Caria returns for a final season in Thunder Bay.
The infraction came in the second period, when Caria head-checked Waterloo forward Brett Mackie.
Last season Caria was suspended by the OUA for hurling a racial slur at a Western Mustangs player.
