Versteeg question

[TheFlamesVan]

Originally Posted by East Coast Flame

Yeah, I think Skinnner really regretted that. Certainly not intentional. He went over to Versteeg and apologized when he came back on the ice.

For sure, he never looked in that direction after his first shot hit Versteeg. Complete accident.

Glad he's okay, I immediately thought of Langkow.

[RyZ]

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

I forget which player it was but a few years back a player flopped on the ice and the other team picked up the puck and headed up the ice and they blew the whistle killing the scoring chance, and it turned out the player wasn't all that hurt.

So after that injuries require a possession change

it was Kovalev in 1995



and Ribeiro in 2004

[christoph186]

Originally Posted by RyZ

Yikes! That was a pretty scary play, as mentioned above — instantly thought of Langkow.

[Gallick]

Originally Posted by TheFlamesVan

For sure, he never looked in that direction after his first shot hit Versteeg. Complete accident.

Glad he's okay, I immediately thought of Langkow.

That was my first reaction as well, I let out an audible sympathetic moan and my mind went straight to the freak Langkow injury. Really glad Versteeg was okay, that could have been so much worse.

[Brick]

Originally Posted by hockey.modern

From Freeway:

This rule should be modified so that if a player temporarily incapacitated, ie. Versteeg down on ice after shot to knee - head exposed, in a vulnerable position for upcoming point shot with potential serious injury...in this case, play should have been whistled down. (rule needs to be changed)

It was obvious what was going to happen before it happened. That shot to the head could have been avoided. Kris Versteeg was very lucky and the next player might not be.