Toronto Maple Leafs’ goalkeeper Anthony Stolarz left his eliminatory match against the Florida panthers on a stretcher after having had two strokes and vomiting on the sidelines.
In match 1 of the Toronto second round test with Florida on Monday evening, Stolarz sent a elbow to the back of the head of the attacker Sam Bennett who left him on the ice in clear discomfort.
After returning to his feet and played for two minutes, the 31 -year -old patinated on the sidelines, looked into and vomited on the Maple Leafs bench, before leaving the arena on a stretcher and was transported to the hospital in an ambulance for a more in -depth assessment.
Toronto’s head coach, Craig Berube, was quick to call Bennett after their possible 5-4 victory in the evening, saying: “The league will do what they will judge necessary. I know it’s an elbow to the head … Clear as the day.
However, according to Chris Nowinski, a qualified neuroscientist and founding CEO of the Legacy Foundation cerebral, Stolarz probably underwent a concussion at a much earlier stadium of the game.
Nowinski shared a goalkeeper’s clip by taking a washer in the face with such a strength that he overthrew his mask five minutes after Monday’s match.
The goalkeeper of the Maple Leafs Anthony Stolarz left his playoffs against the panthers on a stretcher
Stolarz patinated on the key and vomited after having a washer in the face and being poured
The 31 -year -old man went to the hospital for a more in -depth assessment after the scary incident on Monday
“ Anthony Stolarz probably underwent a first #concussion 5 minutes after the start of the game when he took a washer to face who overthrew his mask ”, wrote the concussion expert on X.
’25 seconds after the blow, he made a shaake (spontaneous heap after a kinematic event) which predicts a concussion 72% of the time.
He also added Maple Leafs: “When I initially posted on Anthony Stolarz, I did not know that they initially left him for more than two minutes until he started to vomit on the bench. We have to do better.
“PSA: If you vomit several times after a brain injury, go to the emergency room.
Stolarz, who has a cup ring while supporting Sergei Bobrovsky last year, played the six games of the LEAFS series victory in the first round on Ottawa, displaying an average of 2.21 goals and a percentage of safeguard of 0.901.
He won 12 of the 14 departures to return to the regular season before injuring himself.
