An ice hockey player needed 90 stitches after being hit in the face by a skate an NHL clash on Wednesday evening.
New York Islanders star Johnny Boychuk’s game ended prematurely when a skate from Montreal Canadiens’ Artturi Lehkonen accidentally caught him on his eyelid.
Lehkonen slipped on the ice and the skate on his trailing leg caught Boychuk underneath his visor.
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Artturi Lehkonen’s skate accidentally caught Johnny Boychuk in the face
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Johnny Boychuk immediately fell to the ground in pain
Boychuk, while holding his face in pain, rushed himself off the ice to get treatment immediately after the incident.
You can watch a clip of the incident, below…
Despite the scary-looking ordeal, Islanders president and general manager Lou Lamoriello revealed Boychuk would be ‘fine’.
He said: “Johnny Boychuk is okay.
”Fortunately the skate blade just got the eyelid. It took 90 stitches for a plastic surgeon to fix. But he’ll be fine.”
Boychuk also took to Twitter to say he was ‘lucky’ his injuries were not worse.
The defenceman wrote: “Thank you to everyone for the positive messages and thoughts! I am extremely grateful. Please know they did not go unheard.
“Luckily for me the skate only cut my eyelid. Sorry for the late response… facial recognition wasn’t working… thank you again my friends. Johnny B.”
New York Islanders ended up losing 6-2 to Montreal Canadiens on the night.
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