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Head-butting Flyers winger Jakub Voracek on Wednesday will cost Buffalo Sabres tough guy Patrick Kaleta, who was suspended on Thursday for 4 games by NHL disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan. “I didn’t even know [Kaleta] hit me in the head to be honest with you,” Voracek I felt a hit and when I saw it on the replay [Thursday] morning, I just found out he head-butted me.” Five minutes into the Flyers’ 3-2 win, Voracek was battling for the puck on the side boards in the Buffalo end when head-butted by Kaleta. Voracek wasn’t injured, but that was insignificant to Shanahan. “The significant factor in this incident is whether the contact is intentional, reckless or accidental,” NHL disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan said in a video review of the hit. “This recent history of ramming his head into the faces of his opponents regardless of whether he is trying to free the puck leads us to believe that this act is intentional,” Shanahan said

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