Pius Suter takes a puck to face and heads to the locker room
Game number five is underway in Vancouver and the intensity levels have reached a whole new level in the game's first moments. The Canucks have been firing from all angles and unfortunetaly, it may have cost them one of their forwards.
The Canucks were grinding their way unit the offensive zone and when the puck went all the way up to the blue line the, number 7 Carson Soucy fired a shot high and Pius Suter got struck and went down bleeding. Suter immediately retreated to the Canucks' locker room:
Pius Suter takes a Carson Soucy slap shot up high in the face, and is leaking on his way to the dressing room for repairs. #Canucks
The team at Canucks Army highlighted the sequence. Carson Soucy took a shot from the blueline and accidentally caught Pius Suter in the head:
A sequence like this one will most certainly revive a debate that's been gaining traction these last few years. Should NHLers be forced into full face shields?
POLL |
Do you believe that NHLers should be forced to play with full face shields? |
Yes | 283 | 36.8 % |
No | 283 | 36.8 % |
They can do whatever they want, their adults | 203 | 26.4 % |
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