Toronto Marlies defenceman, Mac Hollowell, waited for the puck to transition into the offensive zone before turning to skate towards the bench at approximately the 10-minute mark of the third period.
The mid-game occurrence seemed as routine as it gets. Reaching the tail end of what culminated in being a roughly 35-second shift, Hollowell, a rookie playing in just the second professional game of his career, was due for a change, with veteran rearguard, Vincent LoVerde, prepared to take his place.
What came next, however, was not routine at all. Or, rather, what didn’t.