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By: Mark Allred | Follow Me On Twitter @BlackAndGold277
Providence Bruins forward Brendan Gaunce was taken off the ice on a stretcher tonight as his American Hockey League club is played the Laval Rocket on the road in the second game in three nights. The video below from Twitter account Scott Matla, Rocket Forward Michael McCarron plants an open-ice hit on Gaunce at the 14:50 mark of the first period. There was no penalty on the play. Per source in Laval, Quebec the 25-year-old Gaunce suffered a severe concussion and broken nose.
This is the play that lead to Brendan Gaunce leaving the game.
No penalties were assessed on the play. pic.twitter.com/g2GqoGy5Lh
— Scott Matla (@scottmatla) October 19, 2019
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This isn’t the first time this week that McCarron has been involved with contact to the head as Providence forward Peter Cehlarik was the subject of a McCarron hit on Wednesday night when these two clubs faced each other for the first time this season and the first game of the current four-game road trip. RinksideRhodeIsland.com reporter Mark Divver mentioned below that the AHL Bruins team could ask the league for a review which could result in the league also looking into Wednesday nights infraction that had Cehlarik playing the rest of the game with a protective cage as seen in the image above courtesy of the Providence Bruins official website.
Word out of Laval, QC is @AHLBruins forward Brandon Gaunce is severely concussed and has a broken nose. #NHLBruins #BruinsFam
— Mark Allred (@BlackAndGold277) October 19, 2019
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It was a collision with Michael McCarron nowhere near the puck that knocked out Brendan Gaunce
— Mark Divver (@MarkDivver) October 19, 2019
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I’d expect Providence to ask AHL to review McCarron collision with Gaunce. Contact to head causing injury. Puck miles away
— Mark Divver (@MarkDivver) October 19, 2019
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FWIW, three years ago this week McCarron lost a fight to Justin Hickman of Providence, headbutted him and was suspended for 2 games by the AHL
— Mark Divver (@MarkDivver) October 19, 2019
Grows another “Kadri”?………..