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Chimera Incident Last Night
by Paul on 09/19/09 at 06:51 AM ET
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from Aaron Portzline of Puck-rakers,
Chimera’s situation is the most troubling, obviously. As of this writing—it’s about 12:15 a.m.—the only update was that Chimera was not flying back to Columbus with the Blue Jackets tonight. It’s unclear if he’s going to spend the rest of the night in the hospital, but that’s probably a safe assumption….
Modin was the first to arrive at Chimera’s side, hovering over him and speaking to him. Within moments of the hit, center Sammy Pahlsson began waving into the tunnel for paramedics to come onto the ice.
Here’s what Modin had to say. It’s pretty emotional.
“I didn’t see the hit,” Modin said. “I just saw Chimmer lying on his back, with blood coming out of his head. I wanted to talk to him, to let him know somebody was there with him … to let him know we were all there for him.
“It was very scary to see, because his eyes were rolling and his head was twitching, and it was pretty clear that something wasn’t right.”
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“I had a pretty good view of it. It’s scary. To think that those things happen in exhibition, or even in general. That should never happen in the game of hockey. From my view, it looked like (Chimera) had no chance to protect himself.”
That’s from Rick Nash. And the kid is damn right. If the NHL is going to get serious about head injuries, they need to add some sort of new penalty, similar to the high-sticking rule, where intent is irrelevant—if you hit a guy in the head—shoulder, elbow, whatever—you should be in the box for at least 2 minutes depending on the severity of the hit. And all of these penalties should be reviewed by the league.
I don’t wish to take “clean” hits out of hockey. Under the current rules, the hit from Phaneuf the other night was certainly a “clean” hit. The problem is that pasting a guy’s dome, whether it’s with your shoulder or elbow, shouldn’t be considered clean.
All it takes is one brutal hit to the head (or not so brutal) and 20 years down the road you might find yourself with the brain degeneration of an 80 year old even though you’re only 40…
And the NHL is not just to blame, the PA deserves as much, if not more blame. After all, it’s their responsibility to look after players. Not just financially.
Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 09/19/09 at 09:34 AM ET
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His head was twitching?
Not good. Not good at all.
Posted by w2j2 on 09/19/09 at 07:37 AM ET