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Griffins 4-2 Win Overshadowed by Frightening Medical Crisis

Alden Hirschfeld - Jason "Stripe" Kasiorek
Griffins 4-2 Win Overshadowed by Frightening Medical Crisis
Alden Hirschfeld collapses and suffers seizure on bench...
By Jason Kasiorek
www.griffinscentral.com
January 8th 2016

Most nights, beating the 1st place Milwaukee Admirals with a patchwork lineup with as many as 7 regulars out with injury would be the headline. But an incident thirteen minutes into the second period shifted the focus from the boxscore to the welfare of one of the players. Forward Alden Hirschfeld, recently recalled from the Toledo Walleye, slumped over on the bench and suffered a seizure requiring a stoppage of the game and a long delay while medical personnel worked to stabilize him.