After being scarily struck by the puck twice within a period of 10 seconds against the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night, Calgary Flame Kris Versteeg was helped off the ice by teammates. Thankfully he avoided serious injury and was able to return and finish the remainder of the game.
Jeff Skinner of the Hurricanes was responsible for both shots that hit Versteeg, the first of which hit him in the knee causing him enough pain to fall onto the ice and curl up into a ball in the fetal position.
The second shot, seconds later and again from Skinner, was a slap shot that was bound for the side of Versteeg’s head, had Versteeg not placed his left hand over the side of his face while completely vulnerable on the ice.