Montreal Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban was stretchered off the ice during the team’s game against the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night, after suffering a neck injury on a freak collision with teammate Alexei Emelin.
Here’s video of the scary scene at Bell Centre:
A scary scene in Montreal as P.K. Subban was stretchered off the ice after colliding with teammate Alexei Emelin.https://t.co/hUe62O8Dnq
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) March 11, 2016
PK Subban’s neck gets jammed by Emelin. Doesn’t look good. #Canadiens #Sabres pic.twitter.com/tqNF1EYC3k — Mike Straw (@MikeStrawWrites) March 11, 2016
Subban stretchered off. Hope it’s just a stinger, but either way, looks scary. pic.twitter.com/MvVwZXhGzz
— Stephanie (@myregularface) March 11, 2016
Subban manages a thumbs up for the crowd. Hopefully he’s ok. Scary moment. pic.twitter.com/ULsa6s0oXL — Marc Dumont (@MarcPDumont) March 11, 2016
Subban was taken to a local hospital, but the good news is he is alert, and has normal movement in his arms and legs:
P.K. Subban suffered a neck injury and was taken to hospital for further testing. He has normal movement in extremities.
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) March 11, 2016
Let’s hope the star defenseman will be okay and get back on the ice soon. The Sabres sent along such sentiments in a classy tweet to the Canadiens:
Never like to see this. Hope PK Subban is OK @CanadiensMTL
— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) March 11, 2016
UPDATE: Subban was released from the hospital.
He suffered a non-serious neck injury.
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) March 11, 2016
