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Talk about Capitals hockey & more! => Washington Capitals & Other Hockey Discussion => Topic started by: ArJunaZ on Tuesday February 04, 2020, 01:16:53 PM Eastern
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Sammy left today’s morning skate after taking an Ovechkin shot to the head and suffering a head injury. He will be evaluated by team doctors. As a precaution the team recalled Vitek Vanecek from the Bears in case Samsonov is not cleared to back up Holtby who is starting in net tonight against the Kings.
https://twitter.com/Chip_Brierre/status/1224731681611034624
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Ouch!
Hope he's okay, how does his mask not prevent these types of injuries?
I would love to engineer a new mask/helmet technology. There has to be a better constructed helmet in the makings, right?
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Ovi was heard to say in Russian: "Sorry Kid, but seriously? Man up Sammy...it was a wrist shot...at half speed.
"Haha - I'll rub some Papa Johns pizza on it and get the F back in there"
Then Willy piped in: "No wonder "tender" is part of the name of the position....got more pads than anyone as it is....(fucking goaltenders)" 8-0
Just teasing...but it didn't look that bad. Never know with the head though. Sure they are just being careful.
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What I found strange from watching the tape of the shot was that Samsonov didn’t make much of an effort to catch the puck, he didn’t react until the puck hit him.
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Ouch!
Hope he's okay, how does his mask not prevent these types of injuries?
I would love to engineer a new mask/helmet technology. There has to be a better constructed helmet in the makings, right?
The mask prevents people from looking like terry sawchuck, and helmets do not prevent concussions. A good helmet will reduce the chances of getting a cuncussion, depending on the type of impact. That's also why hockey players started wearing mouth guards, to reduce the chances of getting concussed,