Islanders Prospect Brock Nelson Stretchered off in Frozen Four Semifinal
by Dominik on Apr 7, 2011 9:21 PM EDT
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Update on Brock Nelson, April 9, from the University: "Small fracture of sacrum (broad bone between hip bones, also called tail bone), and inguinal sprain. He was released from hospital yesterday. Likely a 6-8 week recovery."
It was a scary moment during the second NCAA semifinal as Islanders 2010 draft pick Brock Nelson of North Dakota was stretchered off mid-way through the first period after taking a hard check from Michigan forward Luke Glendening. Nelson was said to be moving his extremities -- and the hit did not look in anyway like a neck injury -- but he was taken to a local hospital for examination.
The hit was clean but in a dangerous spot [video here, or below the jump], as Nelson had just released a shot from the low faceoff circle on the left wing side. Glendening had been sprinting back hard on the backcheck to pursue puck carrier Chay Genoway. So when Genoway passed to Nelson -- who had slowed up to make sure he was onside -- Nelson made an inviting target for Glendening, who was skating at full speed. (It's amazing how many high-impact injuries these days come from the backcheck.)
Fortunately, it wasn't Nelson's head that made contact with the boards but rather his upper back, flush. From replays it looked like his lower back whipped into the boards after the initial impact -- and ESPN2 announcers reported that Nelson told doctors of pain in his lower back.
After lying on the ice for minutes Nelson eventually sat up, but that was as far as he got and it appeared the trainers told him to wait to be placed on the stretcher. He was taken by ambulance to a local hospital.
Thoughts and prayers that it's nothing too serious. If you hear any updates leave them in comments. It's been a physical game so far.
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There is a youtube video of the incident
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjMKnISCAJ4&feature=player_embedded
The way this is going the Captian of the next Cup contending Islanders team is still in grade school......Results do matter..
scary stuff
And it looked rough, but innocuous. We’ve seen guys slide into the boards like that a hundred times and just bounce back up. Scary.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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Once they said "lower back"
I went back and looked at the replay again and it looked like his upper back was prepared for the impact but then his lower back whipped or compressed afterward … such a high-speed play. I hope he didn’t jar any discs in there. Tell me it’s just a bruise, please, tell me!
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Dom
If you want, embed the fanshot video here and delete the fanshot. I wasn’t sure whether to FP it.
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by Keith Quinn on Apr 7, 2011 9:34 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Heh, neither was I!
But I was around so I ran with it.
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They embedded your video on Huffington Post
You mean to tell me shooting the puck from 70 feet out doesn't earn us extra goals?
Thanks!
Hmm, kind of weird seeing your bedroom TV in a somewhat major news source…better than for being a criminal I guess!
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It's good you don't have any centerfolds hanging on the walls, either!
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Apr 8, 2011 9:20 AM EDT up reply actions
I’ve now watched 3 North Dakota games and in 2 of them the reverened got seemingly seriously injured in 2 of them (the other was in the Elite 8).
The promising thing is after that hit I referenced above I thought it was a concussion and Brock would be out a while, but he was back the next game. I’m sure he’ll be too sore to play next game but hopefully he’ll bounce back like he did last time.
"It don't make you a bad person" - Ron Bennington
Was thinking the same
Felt like he dodged a bullet last time. This time…well their season’s over so hopefully he’s alright anyway.
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Flippin Rags Fans are
reporting the injury as a result of bad karma…seems that this is the result of putting the #1 pP line on the ice in a 6-1 game against them……A-Holes
The way this is going the Captian of the next Cup contending Islanders team is still in grade school......Results do matter..
Where? Blue Shirt Banter?
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Apr 7, 2011 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Yup......in the game thread for tonites game
i was reading their disappointment as they were losing..
The way this is going the Captian of the next Cup contending Islanders team is still in grade school......Results do matter..
Perhaps karma is why they got their butts kicked tonight.
Maybe they should stop rooting for injuries to teens. Just sayin’.
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Apr 7, 2011 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Here ya go....
On the bright side.. Islander 1st round pick Brock Nelson left the Frozen Four semi final via stretcher 10 minutes into 1st period. Karma is a bitch for leaving out your 1st power play unit late in the 3rd during a blowout.
by Gabby the Gutless Sniper on Apr 7, 2011 8:59 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
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The way this is going the Captian of the next Cup contending Islanders team is still in grade school......Results do matter..
Hypocrisy
They’re so quick to forget that the Rangers did the exact same thing in the previous game
by MSBerg on Apr 7, 2011 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
that's vile
Really. Douchebag city.
Now, what’s the karma for being happy an 18-year old might have a serious back injury? Maybe… I don’t know… missing the playoffs?
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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by mikb on Apr 7, 2011 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I can't wait to see who has tee times at the country club on Monday morning
I hope names like Henrik Lundqvist, Sean Avery and Brandon Prust are among them.
ON the bright side!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What kind of low life scumbag enjhoys this shit. Rags fan or not this entity is not worthy of being called human. Best wishes to Brock and to his speedy recovery, my prayers are with him.
by Russel Ginart on Apr 8, 2011 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions
What kind of a lowlife would call an injury on another human being a good thing?
Rags fan, what else? A pox on them, or should I say karma?
Flippin Rags Fans are
reporting the injury as a result of bad karma…seems that this is the result of putting the #1 pP line on the ice in a 6-1 game against them……A-Holes
Are they THAT stupid that they do not realize their own team had done that EXACT SAME THING with a big lead on the Isles only 13 games before? Its right there on the game sheets (link)
Idiots.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Apr 7, 2011 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
16 days, not 13 games... strange typo.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Apr 7, 2011 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I do not get why it is even a faux pas to send out your top PP unit in a blow-out
Is this midget hockey where we don’t want to hurt the other teams feelings?
Despite the fact that the game was already over I think that certain young players reaching statistical milestones like 20 or 30 goals is going to help their confidence going forward and I want to see this team score as many goals as possible going forward the last couple games of the season.
And in a already heated game between two rival games I want to see the Islander pile on the goals and really rub the rangers nose in it. 6-3 is cool but 8-3 is that much better. Kind of like the Pens game. So yeah, put out your top PP unit and get another goal Cappy.
Man does that suck
You mean to tell me shooting the puck from 70 feet out doesn't earn us extra goals?
A moment of silence out of respect for the Rev
Hope he is fine.
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by TheMetalChick on Apr 7, 2011 10:04 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Rangers fans
show the least class of any fanbase in the NHL
Even if the Rangers had not done the same thing in the earlier game, to say it is good news that any player was sent off the ice on the stretcher in comparison to us putting our #1 pp line on the ice in the last 5 minutes of the last game is well, classless
I hope Brock is okay, and I hope the Rags miss the playoffs, they should not be talking about Karma. They have won 1 cup in the last 71 years, and I have always said that team should have been called the Edmonton Rangers, with all the key guys they had that they got from the Oilers dynasty. Why build when you can copy?
James T Paulson
by Jtpdolphins2009 on Apr 7, 2011 11:03 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
In Ranger World
Of course, in Ranger World, the Islanders can do no right. If they could, some Rangers fans would blame the Islanders for famine, disease and government shutdowns.
Hopefully the Reverend gets well soon.
That will just make them hungrier for the CUP when they get here..
The way this is going the Captian of the next Cup contending Islanders team is still in grade school......Results do matter..
Ranger Killer - Brock Nelson
Oh Karma is certainly a bitch and Nelson will become the next Ranger killer. I bet he scores the goal that knocks out the smurfs when the Isles finally bring home Lord Stanley. Oh no good will come to these Rangers!!!!
Gary Thorne > Mike Emerick
I miss this guy calling big time hockey games. He’s the best Jerry, the best.
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Best voice in the business for me
Make every game sound exciting and is completely unbiased in coverage. Maltose wasn’t ba either, but Thorne has a great rapport with Bill Clement. (Remember those old ESPN hockey commercials? “Clement, Clement, hands of cement.”)
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by Keith Quinn on Apr 8, 2011 6:48 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Melrose
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by Keith Quinn on Apr 8, 2011 6:48 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Agreed!
Thorne has the CADENCE of hockey down. He and Clement were an effective combo; him and Melrose not bad either. Could be one bonus if ESPN every carries hockey again.
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I Can't Stand Emrick
He insists on calling Okposo “OPOZZO” and PAP “Pah-RENT-o.” When he’s on Devils broadcasts, he’s a huge homer (a Devils player always “accidentally” trips, interferes with or boards another player). When he’s on a neutral broadcast, he yells constantly. He’ll give you the clock as “eight and three-quarter minutes” instead of saying there’s 8:45 left. And then he insists on sliding in “the former Minnesota Wild” for a guy who may have played with six teams, or the Windsor, Ontario native (relevance?) or “the former Milwaukee Admiral” (who gives a crap?). I know he has his supporters, but I absolutely can’t stand him.
ADD Chico Resh that list
He HAS become the ultimate homer Devils color man. This pathetic duo of Emerick and Resh is unbearable.Chico a true Islander traitor. PETITION: Chico must return his Stanley Cup Islanders ring ASAP!!!
by Russel Ginart on Apr 8, 2011 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
I had something similar happen when I played hockey in middle school
My back went straight into the boards and I had trouble getting up for a while. The ref eventually called a whistle, I managed to get off the ice on my own. But when I got home, I laid on my couch and couldn’t move for the rest of the night. Thankfully the next day I was okay except for some minor back pains.
One of those freak injuries
Hopefully Brock is OK … I saw it on ESPN last night … and when it happened it made me ill. It looked relatively harmless … Didn’t it? Then when he couldn’t get up right away … I thought to myself. … Oh … Here we go… Don’t do this to this kid. I wasn’t even thinking of the Islanders situation … after all … He’s probably going to play 3 – 4 years at UND. I was just thinking of this poor kid’s dreams of winning it this year … and then being helpless on the ice.
Nelson’s got a few more years to take home the NCAA prize … Hope ya feel better real soon Brock. Us Isles’ fans are rooting hard for ya. See ya at prospect camp.
PS- Anyone expect more class from a Rags fan.
by 19 Isle in NJ 22 on Apr 8, 2011 10:28 AM EDT reply actions
It looked relatively harmless...except for the speed
It was like a car-collision impact. I hope it’s just bruising and nothing got misaligned. Thankfully it wasn’t his neck or anything severely serious like that. I can’t even imagine the result if he hadn’t positioned his body for the best impact.
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Take the Rags fan out of this equation for a moment
What kind of pathetic person do you have to be to take delight in seeing a young kid getting hurt and taken off on a stretcher?
by Russel Ginart on Apr 8, 2011 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
A tool, or an anonymous Internet troll
Some people just do that and get a rise out of saying extreme things. I’m grateful we don’t have much of that here, and when we do, people know not to engage it. There are plenty of other forums where one can exercise their pathology anonymously.
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I joined the Rag site so I could post this...(I think I need a bath now)
On the bright side..Lets see, a kid gets carried off the ice on a strecher and you bask
in the glory of him being an Islander prospect…..
As for Karma..see below
With the Rangers leading the Isles 6-3 on March 15, and only 2:10 to play in the
third, the Rangers were awarded a power play when 5 players were issued roughing
penalties.
Who did they send out? Gaborik, Prospal, Callahan, McCabe and Staal.
Who played the second half of the power play? Christensen, Stepan, Zuccarrello,
Girardi and McDonough.
Those 10 players were the only players with significant power play time in that
game — a game in which the Rangers had 3 goals and 16 shots while on the power
play. Hmmm.
almost similar situation but when the Isles got the chance they sent out a combo line of non power play players for the next line change…
The way this is going the Captian of the next Cup contending Islanders team is still in grade school……Results do matter..
by Ukiddinme on Apr 8, 2011 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions
The way this is going the Captian of the next Cup contending Islanders team is still in grade school......Results do matter..
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