Terrible. I’ll have to look up updates on how he is doing.
USC2001
The hit was so hard that the TB player left the game and did not return, so that gives you an idea of how hard the initial impact was, before his head hit the ice.
Was happy to see some movement from him as they took him away. Hopefully it’s not as bad as it looked.
CitizenNaab
That looks like head to head contact and then he hit his head on the ice. That’s brutal. I hope he’ll be ok
bcsmith317
Kinda looks they hit head to head as well before he bounces his head off the ice. Not great…
4Fun1971
Thankfully he was wearing his helmet even though he hit pretty damn hard
spc1221
Best argument in favor of everyone wearing a helmet. Hope everyone it’s okay.
cynicalhippies
I saw this happen to a coach a couple years before they had to wear helmets, he was never the same
Qsputnik
Head on head too. Yikes
RailroadingFreedom
Too many officials on the ice with the speed of the game nowadays. May as well just put the linesman in the scorers box and call offsides that way. Roll them out when fights happens
NODES2K
That’s a double concussion, yikes!
Gold-Independence-26
Imagine if they both didn’t have helmets
NjaTrtl_DK16
The ref looked like he was out before his head even hit the ice. Hope he’s gonna be ok.
Gahockey3
What a terrible accident. I wish him the best. You could feel the impact this had on the rest of the game, both teams seemed down and out of it for at least the next 5 minutes. No one likes seeing this happen.
ReindeerOk4632
Ouch! I’m surprised this doesn’t happen more often.
Lavs1985
This is bad. Imagine if he didn’t have a helmet on tho…
JetsNBombers0707
Ohhhh shit.
Brings back memories of watching an official die during the pregame skate of an NCAA playoff game a few years back. He wasn’t wearing a helmet, fell and hit the back of his head on the ice.
He didn’t die immediately, it was a week or so after he died from complications of the fall I believe.
RIP BUTVH
smeltsmelly
Ooof. Those arms straight up in the air. Fencing response. Not good
FrenchFern
Why was the ref skating centre ice like that?
Rtrd1811
Fuck me! I winced watching that. Hope he’s OK.
Pleasant-Life3973
Speedy recovery to that gentleman. Those refs days a great job, hope he is doing ok, that was tough to watch.
Pleasant-Life3973
I know we like to get on the reffs for making bad calls from time to time. However, it makes me so proud to see nothing but positive comments for this Ref Steve Kozari. Respect to everyone here who made respectful comments. At the end of the day, we are all just fans of the game 🙏
SangiMTL
Thankfully the ref is doing ok. Just one of those freak accidents
Ta-veren-
Lightining just fucked over its biggest fan base, the refs.
Hope he’s okay
CodAdministrative563
He was out cold. He was moving his extremities on the stretcher
BaseballSafe6317
That’s not graphic…he’s wearing a helmet!
Mash709
I never like seeing the arms go stiff like that. Never a good sign. Hope he recovers quickly.
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That’s fucking brutal. Hope he’s ok
Damn that was a huge hit on his head off the ice
Fencing response… that no good
Terrible. I’ll have to look up updates on how he is doing.
The hit was so hard that the TB player left the game and did not return, so that gives you an idea of how hard the initial impact was, before his head hit the ice.
Was happy to see some movement from him as they took him away. Hopefully it’s not as bad as it looked.
That looks like head to head contact and then he hit his head on the ice. That’s brutal. I hope he’ll be ok
Kinda looks they hit head to head as well before he bounces his head off the ice. Not great…
Thankfully he was wearing his helmet even though he hit pretty damn hard
Best argument in favor of everyone wearing a helmet. Hope everyone it’s okay.
I saw this happen to a coach a couple years before they had to wear helmets, he was never the same
Head on head too. Yikes
Too many officials on the ice with the speed of the game nowadays. May as well just put the linesman in the scorers box and call offsides that way. Roll them out when fights happens
That’s a double concussion, yikes!
Imagine if they both didn’t have helmets
The ref looked like he was out before his head even hit the ice. Hope he’s gonna be ok.
What a terrible accident. I wish him the best. You could feel the impact this had on the rest of the game, both teams seemed down and out of it for at least the next 5 minutes. No one likes seeing this happen.
Ouch! I’m surprised this doesn’t happen more often.
This is bad. Imagine if he didn’t have a helmet on tho…
Ohhhh shit.
Brings back memories of watching an official die during the pregame skate of an NCAA playoff game a few years back. He wasn’t wearing a helmet, fell and hit the back of his head on the ice.
He didn’t die immediately, it was a week or so after he died from complications of the fall I believe.
RIP BUTVH
Ooof. Those arms straight up in the air. Fencing response. Not good
Why was the ref skating centre ice like that?
Fuck me! I winced watching that. Hope he’s OK.
Speedy recovery to that gentleman. Those refs days a great job, hope he is doing ok, that was tough to watch.
I know we like to get on the reffs for making bad calls from time to time. However, it makes me so proud to see nothing but positive comments for this Ref Steve Kozari. Respect to everyone here who made respectful comments. At the end of the day, we are all just fans of the game 🙏
Thankfully the ref is doing ok. Just one of those freak accidents
Lightining just fucked over its biggest fan base, the refs.
Hope he’s okay
He was out cold. He was moving his extremities on the stretcher
That’s not graphic…he’s wearing a helmet!
I never like seeing the arms go stiff like that. Never a good sign. Hope he recovers quickly.
Faaaaaaahk. That hurt me to watch
That looked awful, thank fuck for the helmet