Former Oilers captain critically injured yesterday.

The history of the Oilers is rich of amazing and dedicated players who left everything on the ice, day in and day out.

Ryan Smyth was one of them and Edmonton's fan remember him vividly. He was a member of the team through the tough years, before the McDavid and Eberle's renaissance.

Even if he left the NHL a few years ago, he still plays hockey at the very respectable age of 41 years old. Granted, it's in a Senior AAA league, but the guy undoubtedly love the sport.

However, a terrific hit was delivered on him yesterday and he had to be carried of the ice of a stretcher. He felll to the ice and didn't move until the EMT took care of him. We don't have images to show you though, as this league is not covered by major media networks.

The team had to publish a letter explaining the situation.

Statement regarding @RealSmytty94 as he recovers from a blatant head shot last evening in a G1 victory. Thank you for all of the kind words pic.twitter.com/pCrMlikwUr
— StonyPlainEagles (@stonyplaineagl1) March 12, 2017

Smyth looks like he's okay now.

Thank you all for the well wishes. I'm home resting with my family & hoping for a speedy recovery. The EMT's and Eagles staff were amazing.
— Ryan Smyth (@RealSmytty94) March 13, 2017