Travis Hayes sure can take a hit — or two. Article content

In an unusual twist, the 5-foot-11 Soo Greyhounds forward found himself on the receiving end of two dangerous cross-checks to the face on back-to-back nights — both from hulking, NHL-drafted defencemen several inches taller than him. Article content Article content

And now, both players have been slapped with multi-game suspensions, just two of the five disciplinary actions handed down by the Ontario Hockey League on Tuesday afternoon.

The Guelph Storm’s Grant Spada, a Tampa Bay Lightning seventh rounder standing at 6-foot-4, was suspended three games for his Nov. 7 match penalty.

At the same time, the Barrie Colts’ Gabriel Eliasson, a 6-foot-7 giant and second-round pick of the Ottawa Senators, received a two-game ban for

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