Ryan Getzlaf’s reaction after Martin Fehervary wiped out into the boards: ‘OMG, I thought that kid died!’
Hockey players can sometimes be mean to each other and fight during games, but they are still humans who have empathy for others.
Take Ryan Getzlaf as an example. In the latter stages of Tuesday’s Capitals-Ducks game, Martin Fehervary wiped out hard into the end boards as both he and Getzlaf skated around the back of the net.
“OOOOO!” Getzlaf yelled as it happened. Fehervary would end up being okay, but the play shook the Ducks captain.
“Oh my god I thought that kid died,” Getzlaf said to a teammate at the bench. “I was like ‘I didn’t touch him!’”
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