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Freak Accident May Cost Dearly To Florida Panthers This Season

Raj1869

in NHL Hockey / Florida Panthers

December 1, 2009, 12:55 am

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Introduction

Panthers Goalie, Tomas Vokoun got injured from the stick of his on team mate.

Freak injury lead him out of action

It was double blow to Panthers as they lost to Atlanta Thrashers 4-3 in a close finish when their Goalie, Tomas Vokoun was taken out on stretcher when he was accidently hit by the stick of his own team mate , Keith Ballard. Vokoun had a cut on his ear but was in sense when he was being taken out in ambulance to a local hospital.However Florida coach, Peter DeBoer assured that he will be fine soon.

It will be determined Tuesday whether Vakoun will be available for Florida’s next game, at home against Colorado on Wednesday.The freak injury occured when Atlanta's Ilya Kovalchuk scored a goal for Thrashers and in frustration Ballard swung his stick towards net and it inadvertently hit Vpkoun. This lead to 10 minutes delay when Vokoun was being taken out on stretcher.

Now it has to be seen how Panthers will cope up as they are also being drained of their energy as they have played for six night games in last nine days and it seems this over exposure is taking it's toll.Nathan Horton is now expected to do something special to take his team out of this situation.

Raj1869 is reporting from Lucknow, IND

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Jays_Leaf_fan says .. on 1/12/09

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This is why these types of players are being paid so much money...lap it up do the best that you can. Move on.

Jays_Leaf_fan says .. on 3/12/09

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Ballard should have been fined for flagrant use of the stick no matter if it was his own team mate. Had it been a player from the other team he would have been suspended and fined.