Nashville winger Linus Klasen was knocked cold late in the Predators 5-0 victory over the Panthers in a rookie game Wednesday night in Coral Springs.
Klasen was down on the ice for a few moments but eventually came to and was helped off the ice by a pair of teammates.
Klasen, 24, is apparently doing OK in the Predators locker room. A Panthers spokesman said he suffered lacerations on his tongue and chin and is being stitched up on site. A trip to the ER is not expected.
Florida rookie Chris Clackson, in camp on a tryout, hit Klasen hard in the slot in the
Florida zone.
Clackson is the son of former NHL tough Kim Clackson (106 NHL games and 271 more in WHL during the 1970s).
Chris Clackson played a very physical game on Wednesday and was involved in the lone fight of the game early on.
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He looked knocked cold, face down, for a few seconds there. Definitely didn't look good.
Posted by: Clash | September 16, 2010 at 04:32 AM
who cares
Posted by: andy | September 16, 2010 at 05:19 AM
atta boy Andy, your quite the human being!!
Posted by: Scott | September 16, 2010 at 07:37 AM
Shut up Andy, moron.
Posted by: mike33076 | September 16, 2010 at 08:11 AM
Clackson's hit was the definition of dirty. Blindside headshot with the elbow up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwdvl5h31WU&feature=player_embedded#
Not to mention the kneeing incident that led to the fight. This kid is supplementary discipline waiting to happen. Would never want him on my team.
Posted by: PRC. | September 16, 2010 at 08:55 AM
I was at the game didn't see the hit at the time. I like Clackson, he is tough, has grit and can play. He can play on my team any day. He is good.
Posted by: Puckbubba | September 16, 2010 at 10:24 AM
Good to hear the kid is alright. He had his head down but that was a textbook definition of "dirty hit." That was just plain vicious by Clackson.
Posted by: Matt | September 16, 2010 at 12:42 PM
The hit on Linus Klasen was a good shoulder to shoulder hit by Clackson.Love the way this kid plays.Very physical ,tuff kid ,finishes his checks and is not afraid to go into the corners and will drop the gloves if it warrants it and his skill level is higher than one might expect.Glad Linus is okay
Posted by: robbymoe | September 17, 2010 at 12:49 PM
Yea, really tough to tackled to the head when it was obvious that he didn't see him coming...
Posted by: Toddbertuzzi | September 17, 2010 at 01:03 PM