I sure hope the dude is okay and can recover to continue playing the sport he loved.I suppose every sport has some level of risk involved, you could count up the ways a player risks serious injury or even death in just about every sport and be surprised even when weighing the odds how high the probability can still be. With hockey we can spare no exception, it should seem obvious you know. Big ass sticks with fairly sharp edges being wielded about to hit a puck that isn't forgiving to any object that gets in the way of its path. Obviously magnified by the strength of the players behind those objects who play with such intensity that it sometimes leads to all-out brawling, much to the joy and encouragement of the fans. Oh yeah, and the large steel blades on the end of their feet that have been proven in the past, and in this case to have no aversion to slicing right to through flesh when the opportunity presents itself. You gotta have big balls to play hockey.