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 > > HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to > [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List. > HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.