Petersburg SKA player Igor Ozhigov was injured when he faced Nizhny Novgorod “Torpedo” in the third match of the Continental Hockey League Western Conference semi-finals series.
In the 3rd period of the playoff match, the army’s defender got stuck on the ice after contacting his opponent and teammate Damir Zhafyarov hit his teammate in the face with his skate. At the moment of impact, the striker had his back to the victim.
Ozhigov had a cut in the bridge of his nose, the doctors immediately helped him. The severity of the hockey player’s injury was not reported.
Video of the episode is available at: telegraph channel Hockey without an audience.
The match was held on 20 March in Nizhny Novgorod and ended with the victory of SKA with a score of 4:0. Petersburg have one game left to win to reach the Western Conference finals.
Earlier it was reported that the Russian forward “Washington Capitals” Evgeny Kuznetsov. out for a few days Due to an upper body injury against Minnesota Wild in a National Hockey League (NHL) regular season game.