Victor Hedman got injured during the first period of the Tampa Bay Lightning’s final round-robin game against the Philadelphia Flyers, Saturday.
In what was a seemingly innocent play, the Norris Trophy finalist, switching from skating forward to backward, had his right ankle give out and fell awkwardly to the ice. After laying on the ice for several seconds, he slowly skated off the ice.
Tamba Bay Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman collided with fellow Swede Carl Hagelin during Saturday night’s game against the Capitals. With nine seconds to go in the first period Hedman attempted to check Hagelin into the boards and his face made contact with Hagelin’s helmet.
Hedman appeared to recover and skated until the buzzer but did not return for the rest of the game.
Tampa head coach Jon Cooper told the media after the game that Hedman “got hit in a tough fashion” and would be re-evaluated. He did not rule out a concussion.
By Brennin Weiswerda 2 years ago
While Capitals fans were witnessing Lars Eller having one of the best nights of his career, the NHL, as if it were on a sugar high after eating too much Halloween candy, was going berserk in its other games.
The NHL saw a 57-save performance, a hat trick, fights between angry non-fighters, and a bunch of goalies being grumpy Thursday night.
Let’s recap.
By Cara Bahniuk 3 years ago
Hockey is a dangerous sport and we were reminded of that again today during a 2017 IIHF World Championship game.
During Sweden’s 8-1 victory over Italy Friday, Victor Hedman’s face shield broke in half. He was lucky to not lose an eye.
The Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman received four stitches to close the nasty gash on his left cheek.
By Cara Bahniuk 4 years ago
Guy Boucher plots to kill 007 (Photo credit: Scott Cunningham/Getty Image)
Craig Brownstein of PuckBuddys writes for Russian Machine. You shall follow them on Twitter.
Banging out preview for Monday night’s game against the Bolts required us to go through some repressed playoff memories. Bear with us for some much needed catharsis; we’re still fragile.
Late last April, we embarked on a grand tour of European capitals just as Game 5 with the filthy Rangers was wrapping up. We were glued to the Blackberry as our readied for take off. Just before wheels up, word came through that the Caps bested the Rags, 3-1. We began our adventure by causing quite the raucous in the first class cabin with fanboy squeals, high-fives, and RED streaks of Russian curses– guaranteeing a date with aviation authorities upon landing across the Atlantic.
By Craig Brownstein 9 years ago
