Dylan Holloway Stretchered Off Ice After Taking Puck To Neck

8 comments

1. He's conscious the whole way through?

2. thanks for sharing
   very scary
   best wishes

3. Ouch. I hope it isn't very serious.

4. Scary situation. Glad the team and staff were aware enough so he got the attention he needed.

5. There's a super sensitive nerve cluster right behind the jaw bone/below the ear that may have been hit. This is not at all a pleasant experience. You can basically start to lose feeling in the whole side of your head/jaw similar to a nerve being pinched in your neck.

6. Pins and needles in extremities theyll be really careful, too.

7. My guess is that he got a “burner” from the puck. A burner (aka “stinger”) is a nerve pinch injury, caused by impact, which causes either direct or indirect damage to a nerve cluster.

   The puck clearly hits Holloway in the brachial plexus (the hollow where the collarbone and the big muscles at the front of your neck meet). Either this caused damage to the nerve cluster, or swelling caused by the impact pinched the nerve cluster, causing tingling, numbness, or muscle weakness on the affected side.

   Standard procedure is to assume that the symptoms are caused by spinal cord damage until proven otherwise; since the trainer was focused on solely supporting Holloway’s neck until he got backup, I’d say that this is the most likely scenario.

8. Он ещё смену доиграл..
   Здоровья мужику…