Teemu Hartikainen said from the hospital that the skate hit his ear instead of his throat, so he is fine.
Lions striker Teemu Hartikainen was injured on Tuesday night in a violent way in the Swiss league NLA match.
Hartikainen, representing Geneve-Servette, got a Swedish defender by Christian Djoos skate to his head in the opening set of the match. The skate hit Hartikainen’s ear, which immediately started bleeding profusely.
The incident scared many, but Hartikainen got to the booth on his own. Head coach of Geneva-Servette Jan Cadieux admitted that the extent of the wound and the blood on the ice gave him chills.
– There were chills also because the cut was more serious than we assumed, Cadieux said, according to LaRegione.
– However, we were able to talk to Teemu before they took him to the hospital. He saw all the blood dripping, but couldn’t figure out where it was coming from.
Hartikainen’s club said the attacker is receiving treatment, and he is not in danger. Hartikainen also told about his situation on Instagram. Hartikainen had a bandage around his head in the picture he took.
– For all those wondering what happened: the skate hit the ear, not the throat, so everything is fine, Hartikainen wrote on Instagram.
Hits to the head by skates have recently come to the fore in hockey after Adam Johnson died tragically after receiving a cut to his neck.
For example, the star of the Lionesses Petra Nieminen got a cut on his neck from a skate in February, but the neck protector saved him from more serious consequences. Nieminen only got a bruise on his neck.