Wednesday’s duel of the first hockey league between Benátky nad Jizerou and Prostějov was interrupted due to the injury of defender Petr Krejčí, who was hit by a puck in the head. After the match, the guests complained that there was no ambulance at the stadium, only a stretcher.
The threatening situation occurred seven minutes before the end of the match. The home team Vojtěch Jiruš drove into the attacking third, fired, and the puck unhappily bounced directly into Krejčí’s face.
The guest bek immediately jumped to the ice, began to bleed profusely, and lost consciousness for a moment.
The referees wanted to call a doctor immediately at that moment, but it turned out that no ambulance was available at the stadium. At least a temporary treatment was provided to Krejčí by a doctor, who was called from the stands by the announcer of the match. In the end, the arrival of the ambulance definitively solved the situation.
According to reports from the Prostějov camp, Krejčí is now in a stable state, but the coach of the guests was very upset about the whole situation after the match.
“There should be ambulance at every match, and there were twenty-five minutes of rescue waiting here, which I don’t understand. Only a stretcher came. It’s not possible in a professional competition. … I’m so sorry, “the club website of the Hawk coach Aleš Totter quoted.
Despite the terrible incident, the match finally ended and ended in a 4: 1 victory for Prostějov. “We didn’t want to finish the final seven minutes, but the referee did his best to finish. So the match was really just finishing up. But this injury is terrible. being unconscious is awful, “Totter added.
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