Urho Vaakanainen She was taken off the ice on a stretcher in the first period of the Anaheim Ducks pre-season game against the San Jose Sharks at Honda Center in Anaheim on Friday.
The 23-year-old defender was injured at 9:46 when he awkwardly crashed into the boards behind the San Jose net. The collision came right after the pitching Derek Grant For the first goal in Anaheim’s 4-1 win.
While Väkäninen was pulling off the ice, the entire duck team was on the ice to support him. Anaheim later tweeted that Väkanenen was taken to UCI Medical Center for further evaluation and that he was alert and had full mobility in his limbs.
“Unbelievable work by our doctors and coaching staff to get to Väkkanenen as quickly as they did,” said coach Dallas Aikins. “…they’ve got Vaaks out, he’s in the hospital. He’s alert and talking and all that good stuff. And he’s just gone to the hospital for precautions obviously.”
straight ahead troy terry He said, “When something like that happens, I don’t even want to talk about it on the ice. He’s a human being that we all care about. … He’s a great hockey player, and people know that, but he’s just a better person, and it’s hard for us to see that. We’ve all been told. He’s doing a better job… It’s good to hear, and it means a lot to everyone here.”
from San Jose News Bulletin https://sjnewsbulletin.com/vaakanainen-taken-from-ice-on-a-stretcher-during-a-duck-game/
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