Gillies, who has only just returned from serving a nine-game suspension for a similar offense, landed himself in more trouble with officials after he slammed Minnesota Wild's Cal Clutterbuck into the boards in a game on Wednesday.
Under the terms of the NHL's Collective Bargaining Agreement, Gillies was treated as a repeat offender so his punishment included a $60,975 fine -- or almost a fifth of his $500,000 salary -- that goes to the Players' Emergency Assistance Fund.
"While it is fortunate there was no injury on the play, there can be no justification for a player delivering a dangerous check to an opponent in this manner."
Gillies has one goal and 124 penalty minutes in 33 games this season.
(Writing by Steve Keating in Toronto, Editing by Julian Linden)
