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Senators’ Gryba to have disciplinary hearing for hit on Eller

Ottawa Senators v Philadelphia Flyers

skates against the Philadelphia Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center on April 11, 2013 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Bruce Bennett

Ottawa Senators defenseman Eric Gryba will have a phone hearing with the National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety on Friday, as per a tweet from Renaud Lavoie of RDS.

Gryba threw a devastating open-ice hit on Montreal Canadiens forward Lars Eller during Game 1 of that Eastern Conference quarter-final on Thursday evening.

Eller was left bloodied on the ice and taken off on a stretcher.

As per a tweet from Elliotte Friedman of CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada, Eller “had facial and dental fractures, as well as loss of consciousness.”

Game 2 of the series goes Friday in Montreal.