The injury was a broken ankle, the Brown player was hit in the corner by
Union's Ryan Donovan.  He probably had his blade stuck in trhe ice and
when he fell , he must have fallen awakardly and the ankle broke.
 
On Mon, 15 Jan 1996, Kevin B. Powers wrote:
 
> Does anyone know the extent of the injury sustained by the Brown player
> in the 3rd period of the Brown-Union game?  What caused the injury?  It
> happened in the corner that I have a hard time seeing from my seat.  The
> game was stopped for 10+ minute while he was being attended to.  All I
> saw was left leg imobalized as he left the ice, but he was not taken off
> on a stretcher, just assisted by teammates.
>
> I'm asking this, because it appeared that he (the injured Brown player)
> was standing with crutches next to the penalty boxes when Union tied the
> game with 6 1/2 minutes left, and then 'walked' back to the locker room
> after the goal.
>
> This incident as well as another that occurred in the 3rd, involving
> Union's Russ Montieth, brings to mind this question.  In the light of
> the Travis Roy incident, when a player goes down with an apparent injury,
> when is the referee required to stop to the game?
>
> In the case of Montieth, Union had just gained the blue line, and Montieth
> made a nice drop pass, but paid for it by getting leveled (clean hard
> check).  He appeared to be in pain, and was not trying to get up.  Union
> maintained control of the puck in the zone, away from the down player.
> When Montieth tried to get up, to get to the bench, he fell back to the
> ice.  The referee appeared to watch him struggle as Union had an
> excellent scoring chance (late in a tie game).  The whistle finally was
> blown when a Brown player touched the puck.
>
> Montieth was clearly dazed but skated off with little assistance, and he did
> not come out for the handshake at the end of the game.  Probably a
> concussion.
>
> KP
>
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