This happened so fast that nobody knows what exactly happened behind the play, Hayden’s cut and the referee is out cold, this is beyond scary to me 😱 a very unfortunate accident.
Those rare moments when the entire arena abruptly goes dead silent, like all the air and life in the building was sucked out, such a mix of awe and anxiety
The one and only thing that the NHL does better than any other league in any other sport in the world is medical response. So many individuals on the ice should no longer be with us numerous times over through the years and yet still only one has. That's impressive and worth celebrating.
What the hell was the Tampa player looking at? He's skating forward in the direction towards the referee with lots of time to change his direction. What the hell was he looking at going forward? Shouldn't be surprised. It's Tampa Bay. They do this stuff all the time. Only difference is it's usually two other teams.
PIT trainer comes out immediately before the ref a even get there. Goes straight to the ref on the ice. Mainly b/c they know he has no padding like the hockey player. Credit.
It seems the players felt OBLIGATED to approach the ref as he was being rolled out of the ice. Like, "We better pretend that we care cause it might play against us in the future". ..lol
As much as I hate on refs, being an nhl ref is the hardest officiating job in professional sports. If you make a bad call, everyone's on you. You do a good job you did what your paid for. Hope he is going to be okay. Did not look good
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Video with one replay angle has been uploaded. My apologies.
https://youtu.be/oGB5qrWyZL4?si=UnFFW2YUxvyoScXQ
-Alyssa Hope
Hard to feel bad for one of the worst refs in the league.
They till player's to keep their head up why doesn't the refs go by the same rule
Dive
The official was also given a game misconduct…crazy
Steve Kozaris is my uncle
This happened so fast that nobody knows what exactly happened behind the play, Hayden’s cut and the referee is out cold, this is beyond scary to me 😱 a very unfortunate accident.
T's and P's to Steve. We forget just how vulnerable the officials on the ice really are.
Those rare moments when the entire arena abruptly goes dead silent, like all the air and life in the building was sucked out, such a mix of awe and anxiety
The one and only thing that the NHL does better than any other league in any other sport in the world is medical response. So many individuals on the ice should no longer be with us numerous times over through the years and yet still only one has. That's impressive and worth celebrating.
His head actually fell off..
What the hell was the Tampa player looking at? He's skating forward in the direction towards the referee with lots of time to change his direction. What the hell was he looking at going forward? Shouldn't be surprised. It's Tampa Bay. They do this stuff all the time. Only difference is it's usually two other teams.
Can we please get a better video lol
A lot of complaining on this post I’d like to see everyone go try to be a NHL referee give the man the respect he deserves
Are there two different players named Fleury? This doesn’t seem like the Fleury I was thinking of.
I see that trainers from both sides went out. Usually it's the home team who takes care of the officials.
Hope that the ref is all right.
Glad he’s ok.
PIT trainer comes out immediately before the ref a even get there. Goes straight to the ref on the ice. Mainly b/c they know he has no padding like the hockey player. Credit.
What a useless fucking video
one of the few time the whole stadium actually carried about what happened to the ref.
Is there any actual video of the collision?
Can we also give a thumbs up for the EMS and trainers for this instant reactions…
It seems the players felt OBLIGATED to approach the ref as he was being rolled out of the ice. Like, "We better pretend that we care cause it might play against us in the future". ..lol
As much as I hate on refs, being an nhl ref is the hardest officiating job in professional sports. If you make a bad call, everyone's on you. You do a good job you did what your paid for. Hope he is going to be okay. Did not look good
My parents know the aunt and uncle of the player who got hit
Isn’t that why refs are suppose to stay on the side instead of in the way center ice, this isn’t nfl where 5hey do it on the regular
Did anyone see what happened? 😳