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Wafford hockey player seriously Injured; OHA reviewing hit
Lakeshore Advance
Watford hockey player set lously
injured; ()IIA revle►vinu hit
An 111 yenr old hockey player
from Watford is undergoing falcial
teronstructive stngely alley a heard
00 -head collision in a Ir. 11 ganW to
Strada oy on Saturday,
()Metals with the I.aunbton Shores
predators are now \vatting tot the
Ontario 1Iockev Association (1111 A)
to determine I1� the check warrants
additional discipline.
'1luuler Ferguson, a detenremun
in the Greater Ontario ►union
1 lockry League ((())111.), wits taken
10 Strathroy I lospltal with at Crushed
nusatl cavity, broken withal hone,
hloken jatw and severe coiwLIssi0ll
after a third period hit tion Rockets'
fol ward Justin 'Thomas.
Thomas, an 111 -year old Muncle
lint, native who phtyed with the
S1lrilla Sting earlier this year, was
assessed a Ill-ininute game mis-
conduct for gesturing atter the hit
resting his head on his hands as
if sleeping.
Ferguson was carried off ice by
couches and managerial staff, then
taken to hospital by ambulance.
Ile was at University hospital
Monday awaiting surgery.
"Ile's going to he getting,
believe, three plates in his tare and
he's got a broken jaw so he'll Lw six
weeks sticking out of a straw," said
Predators head coach Mark Davis.
"1 lis eye socket dropped down to
his cheek, It was pretty had."
'The legality of the hit and whether
there was any intent to injure ate
disputed by the respective teams.
"1 just hope that this kid (Tho-
mas) doesn't play, at least this year,
o1' at least gets 20 games Out or
something," Davis said.
A video of the hit, as well as
pictures from the hospital, will be
taken into account in an independ-
ent review process, said 01 IA exec-
utive director Mark Lillis.
"We will hopefully be having a
final decision by 1Vednesday
afternoon"
Strathroy head coach Dale
Dunes duplicate bridging a gap
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'I'inlu)e'1'lllaus said rile play, at 1:(15
into the third period, was a hard bit
but not illegal.
"It's very unfortunate," he said. "1
feel sorry for Tanner Ferguson. I le's
a good kid. I've been trying to get
hint to play for ale for years.'
'Thomas will be disciplined for his
gesture, he said. flow has not been
decided.
It's important to remember that
hockey is a dangerous sport, he
said.
"1'.01 not pointing fingers or
nothing," he said. "It's one of
those things that happens in the
game"
Ferguson, Davis said, is a
"clean" hockey player and is the
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"It's just unfortunate what hap-
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hulls. what happened"
Predators owner and general
manager Hoop (:handerdat helped
carry Ferguson off ice to the dress-
ing 1'0010.
"11e was dead weight when you
were carrying," he said. "he didn't
know where he was and his face, it
was 11 mess. Ile was bleeding pretty
good."
Ile called the hit and the ensuing
gesture a "disgrace," noting checks
to the heal have been a target
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hest defencrnlan on the 1,ambton
Shores' team.
"It's just unfortunate what hap-
pened," he said. "Actually it's
hulls. what happened"
Predators owner and general
manager Hoop (:handerdat helped
carry Ferguson off ice to the dress-
ing 1'0010.
"11e was dead weight when you
were carrying," he said. "he didn't
know where he was and his face, it
was 11 mess. Ile was bleeding pretty
good."
Ile called the hit and the ensuing
gesture a "disgrace," noting checks
to the heal have been a target
recently for hockey leagues, includ-
ing the NI11..
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Take advantage of our pricing for
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Weddings, Engagements, Graduations etc.
Actual Size: Pre -Payment is Required
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58 Ontario St., N.
( hand Bend
(519) 238-5383
LET'S MAKE CANCER HISTORY
For information about cancer,
services or to make a donation 10888•939•3333 • www.cancer.ca
Canadian
Cancer
Society
Societe
canadienne
du cancer