NHL referee Steve Kozari left the ice on a stretcher Saturday after colliding with Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Haydn Fleury during the Pittsburgh Penguins' 5-4 victory, with the league saying after the game that he's 'expected to make a full recovery.
The collision took place at center ice with 13:49 seconds remaining in the game at PPG Paints Arena. Fleury stood back up and skated off the ice and over to the Lightning locker room, while Kozari lay motionless while the training staffs of both teams tended to him. Fleury did not return.
A member of the NHL Officials Association since 2003, Kozari, 50,"was transported to UPMC Mercy Hospital for precautionary reasons," according to a statement released by the NHL after the game. He was"conscious and alert," the statement added, including that he had"use of all of his extremities" and was"expected to make a full recovery.""I caught it out of the corner of my eye.
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