| I'm sure by now, you have heard about the head injury | | | | about the slash, and a little bit more talking about |
| to Tomas Vokoun. If you haven't, the head injury was | | | | what's going to happen next. |
| from a slash to the head from Keith Ballard (one of his | | | | Obviously, the next thing that the Panthers are going to |
| own teammates). | | | | have to do is adjust. Hopefully, Vokoun won't be out |
| In case you didn't hear what happened, I'll break it | | | | long and he'll be able to start playing again soon. Early |
| down for you. If you want to see the hit, you can | | | | indications say that might happen, but don't quote me |
| check it out on YouTube. They ended up taking him | | | | on that, because I have no idea. The only reason I'm |
| out on a stretcher. | | | | saying that is because he was alert and responsive in |
| I know that Ballard was frustrated by giving up a goal, | | | | the ambulance on the way to the hospital. It was also |
| and swinging your stick against the post is something | | | | announced that he had an ice pack on his head, which |
| that a lot of players do. However, he does have to be | | | | tells me that the injury is probably not serious. |
| more careful. This is a fluke injury, and obviously and | | | | I know that the Panther hope that's the case. They |
| accident, but the accident was the fault of Ballard. | | | | want to get Vokoun back in net as soon as possible. |
| Personally, I'm not even a Panther's fan, and I was still | | | | However, this has definitely shaken the team a bit. It's |
| a little upset about the hit. It wasn't malicious, or | | | | not every day that you have to deal with a situation |
| anything like that, it was just stupid. Even the location | | | | like this, and I wouldn't be surprised if it distracted the |
| of the slash was unlucky. Like they said in the video, | | | | Panthers a little bit. |
| Vokoun was caught right in the temple. | | | | However, they need to get back down to business, |
| Honestly, if I was the Panther's coach, I probably would | | | | focus on playing hockey, and put this behind them. |
| have kicked him off the bench for the rest of the | | | | They can't get distracted by things that already |
| game. There's no excuse for it, you just can't do that. | | | | happened. |
| However, I would like to spend a little less time talking | | | | |