After the incident involving Brenden Dillon on Friday night, another Winnipeg Jets player was the victim of terrifying bad luck on Sunday afternoon in Denver, where the Manitoba team faced the Colorado Avalanche in the fourth first round series match between the two teams.
Forward Vladislav Namestnikov was hit in the head by a slap shot that defenseman Nate Schmidt fired with all his might following a faceoff. Namestnikov collapsed on the ice and was injured. need help retreating to the locker room.
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Jets head coach Rick Bowness confirmed the Russian was in hospital and his condition was being assessed by doctors.
“It’s scary,” reacted striker Mark Scheifele. You never like to see that much blood, no matter the person, but especially for a guy on our team. All we can do is hope and pray that it’s correct.”
You can see this disturbing scene in the video above.
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