Winnipeg Jets defenseman Haydn Fleury was stretchered off the ice and taken to a hospital via ambulance following a scary crash into the boards during Tuesday night’s home game against the Vegas Golden Knights.
Fleury was injured in the latter half of the first period, when he fell awkwardly after he was shoved by Vegas’ Keegan Kolesar and slid hard into the boards, his back taking the brunt of the impact. He was seen on the broadcast moving on the ice while being attended to by a trainer, but he was removed from the playing surface on a backboard and stretcher.
Kolesar was not penalized for his check, but immediately fought Jets captain Adam Lowry when play resumed.
The Golden Knights eventually won the game in overtime, 4-3.
Haydn Fleury injury update
Jets coach Scott Arniel said after the game that Fleury was ‘at the hospital, (he’ll) be staying overnight.’
‘Obviously he’s got a lot of tests to go through,’ Arniel said. ‘(Fleury) does have a broken nose, so there’s a few different things that kind of happened off it. Little bit of everything. Obviously slammed his back, hit his neck, hit his head, and obviously his nose.’