The Calgary Flames can consider themselves lucky to have only lost to Carolina by a score of 2-1 when the Hurricanes came to visit. Though the results of the game were less than desirable, one extremely fortunate outcome for the Flames was that Kris Versteeg was not badly injured.
I (Bill) did my undergrad in biomedical mechanical engineering, so I was intrigued by the aftermath of Versteeg’s injury. There was a few things regarding the biomechanics of the play that immediately grabbed my attention.
With 8:16 left to go in the first period, Jeff Skinner sent a one-timer from the point directly into the side of Versteeg’s head.