Ice hockey star Evander Kane hospitalized after being reduce by skate blade

Edmonton Oilers ahead Evander Kane was hospitalized on Tuesday night time after struggling what looked like a serious wrist injury throughout a recreation. 

Kane obtained tangled with Lightning defenseman Philippe Myers simply contained in the Edmonton defensive zone and, whereas fallen on the ice, was reduce by Tampa Bay ahead Pat Maroon’s skate blade through the second interval. The second was taped, and footage of the alarming accident has since been shared broadly on social media. It exhibits Kane’s blood pooling on the rink earlier than the participant jumps up and skates to the sidelines.

The Oilers, primarily based in Canada’s Alberta province, finally secured a 3-2 win towards the Tampa Bay Lightning of their opponents’ house enviornment.

Kane stated Wednesday morning that he was “on the mend” and plans to return to the rink after recovering, though he is not going to play within the Oilers’ subsequent recreation.

“Thank you all for the kind wishes and prayers from over the past several hours. Obviously last night was an extremely scary moment for me and I’m still in a little bit of shock,” he wrote in a message to his followers on social media. “I would like to thank the entire training staff of the Edmonton Oilers and Tampa Bay Lighting, along with all the doctors and paramedics who rushed to help treat and repair my injury. Without all of you I know things would’ve been much worse and I’m sincerely grateful.”

Noting that he “won’t be back next game,” Kane added, “I will be back and I look forward to being back on the ice playing the game I love alongside my teammates in front of our great fans.”

The Oilers initially confirmed that Kane was transported to a hospital for therapy shortly after the incident occurred on Tuesday. He was in steady situation and scheduled to bear a process later that night time, the staff stated on the time.

“After suffering a wrist injury early in the second period, Evander Kane is stable and has been transported to hospital for a procedure later this evening,” the Oilers wrote on Twitter.

“The news that I’ve received so far, it’s very limited, is that he’s in a good spot,” Edmonton coach Jay Woodcroft stated. “He’s getting well taken care of.”

Lightning Coach Jon Cooper stated “you cringe when you see that.”

“It was tough to see. Hopefully he’s going to be OK because you know, hockey, you battle against each other. It’s a war (but) we’re still a family.”

Kane grabbed the lacerated space along with his proper hand and rushed to the bench earlier than heading for the locker room.

“It’s scary, certainly scary,” Oilers star Connor McDavid stated. “I think you could feel the energy in the entire rink kind of just get sucked out. We’re thinking about him. We’re hearing he’s doing OK, but that’s obviously initial.”

McDavid scored a purpose and made an help for the Oilers, whose win on Tuesday broke a three-game shedding streak. Jack Campbell made 35 saves, and Warren Foegele and Leon Draisaitl added objectives.

Campbell made plenty of sturdy saves through the ultimate minute.

McDavid prolonged his level streak to eight video games, and now has 14 objectives in 14 video games this season. Draisaitl, in the meantime, has a five-game purpose streak, and some extent in 9 consecutive video games. McDavid and Draisaitl scored power-play objectives through the opening of the second interval, which put the Oilers forward 3-1. Killorn made it 3-2 simply 49 seconds into the third.

Cooper known as McDavid and Draisaitl “human highlight films.”

“Think about McDavid, we’re in the best league in the world, with the fastest players in the world, and he sticks out like a sore thumb,” Cooper stated. “Draisaitl, he’s just a horse. He’s got the whole package.”

Brandon Hagel and Alex Killorn scored the objectives for Tampa Bay, and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 26 pictures.

Lightning star Nikita Kucherov prolonged his level streak to 11 video games with an help, however had his six-game purpose streak snapped. He left briefly late within the second interval after being slashed on the wrist.