In case you missed it, Boston Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron left the ice Friday night after taking a hit from Dallas Stars Radek Faksa. While tangled up and chasing for an loose puck along the boards, Faksa drove right through Bergeron while Bergeron lost his balance. The end result was Bergeron effectively getting his head smashed between Faksa and the side boards.
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Ouch… that’s ugly. Doubly so considering Bergeron’s injury history and the struggles that he has had with post concussion syndrome. Any way you look at it, this is NOT good for Bergeron the Bruins.
Bergeron did return in the game, but did not play Saturday night against the Arizona Coyotes. Now, Bruins head coach Bruce Cassidy has ruled Bergeron out for tonight’s game against the Detroit Red Wings and, in fact, it appears as though Bergeron will sit out indefinitely.
Cassidy on Patrice Bergeron (upper body): "He was meeting [with doctors] today, so we have nothing new. I know he was in a lot of pain, but I don’t know if there’s anything major which is good news. But I don’t want to speculate. I just know that he’s not coming back to Detroit."
Not good… not good at all. This is a devastating loss for a team that’s already missing key contributors like Zdeno Chara, Charlie McAvoy and others.
