Scary scenes emerge from the QMJHL as 17-year old collapses and convulses with critical head injury
On November 2nd, jaw dropping scenes emerged from a QMJHL junior game against Baie-Comeau Drakkar and the Gatineau Olympiques.
17 year old defenceman Justin Blais unfortunately collapsed on the ice, causing his head to hit the ice extremely hard. As a result of the head trauma, Blais started to convulse uncontrollably on the ice, forcing the emergency medical intervention. Blais was then stretchered off the ice and taken in to hospital via ambulance for further evaluation. Due to the incident, the game was cancelled and rescheduled.
Please note the following has been translated from French to English:
Following the situation, the team that Justin Blais plays for, the Olympiques de Gatineau released a medical update, stating that Blais was awake and conscious while traveling to a nearby hospital for observation and evaluation.
Although it's never good to see a player go down that hard, reports indicate that Blais was conscious before leaving the ice. Unfortunately, the game of hockey is extremely physical, and the nature of contact sports often sees tragic incidents like this. Blais was diagnosed with a concussion - further medical updates to follow.
Oilers Insider is wishing Blais a smooth recovery and a swift return to the ice.
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