Reproduced with permission from Business Insider
The increasingly violent NHL Playoffs got their scariest moment yet last night. Chicago Blackhawks forward Marian Hossa was knocked unconscious and taken to the hospital on a stretcher after a brutal hit from Phoenix’s Raffi Torres.
Torres defended the hit after the game, calling it a “hockey play,” but it’s clear from the video that he leaves his feet to thump Hossa.
He was released from the hospital late last night.
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