Flyers goalie Michal Neuvirth collapses, is stretchered off the ice

[Odd.]

 

 

[MJDDawg]

Sounds like he wasn't feeling well before the game but is doing ok now.

 

[darkpoet]

Looks and sounds very much like he had a stroke 

[LordCanuck]

he was sick before the game and there backup wasnt even in the stadium yet so he had to play, which resulted in him fainting.

 

scary stuff to see and i hope it was just that. 

[Green Building]

Looking at the time of game I thought no way that could be fatigue related, but if he was sick that certainly explains it. Scary thing when someone blacks out and falls over. 

 

How can the backup goalie not be in the arena? Especially for a home game?

 

edit: Misread Mason being sick as no backup in the building, don't ask me how. New question: where was the 3rd string goalie?

[Justdean10]

So scary, I can't imagine being the teammates and seeing thing kind of thing.

[Alflives]

1 minute ago, Justdean10 said:

So scary, I can't imagine being the teammates and seeing thing kind of thing.

Or his family.  It sounds like he's going to be okay.

[cripplereh]

hate seeing this on any team, hope he is ok and his family is at his side or rushed there to see him

[Cramarossa]

Poor Neuvy, hope he recovers soon!

[Bruce Boudreau]

These NHL players the mind tells them yes while the body says no. What troopers. 

 

This is why team health officials need to protect players from themselves. They are always gonna wanna  say I'm okay to play and not let down their teammates.

[PunjabiCanucks]

Flyers try to put in emergency goalie late in the third, refs don't allow them to

[Hairy Kneel]

Fainted. Probably a bad flu bug and dehydration. Didn't look good at first.

[canuktravella]

old guy past out at my bar today as he handed me his pizza to go  past out and fell like a tree i thought he had a stroke or aneurysm  ambulance came said his vitals were ok let him go home it was freaky though he died in front of me 

[DollarAndADream]

4 hours ago, cripplereh said:

hate seeing this on any team, hope he is ok and his family is at his side or rushed there to see him

Yeah, for sure.

 

Doesn't matter what team it is, or what player it is. It sucks to see for anybody. All hate goes out the window.

[Ghostsof1915]

6 hours ago, darkpoet said:

Looks and sounds very much like he had a stroke 

I've had a stroke, and I didn't collapse, I just got very dizzy and ill. I thought it was an inner ear infection. When the symptoms persisted on day 2 and I couldn't maintain my balance, and the vertigo got worse, I called an ambulance. Scary stuff. What was horrible I didn't have slurred speech, or normal symptoms. I am eternally grateful to the Ambulance guys for taking me to VGH as it's a major stroke hospital. They did an MRI, they couldn't find anything, they had to do a CAT scan to find it. 

 

One way to check is take the heel of your foot and try and rub the front of your shins up and down (Preferably not with skates on!). If you can't do that, call 911. 

 

 

[Ghostsof1915]

 

Weird thing is Neuvirth was the goalie in net for the other side when Pavelec collapsed in 2010. 

[Kragar]

On 4/1/2017 at 11:50 PM, Ghostsof1915 said:

I've had a stroke, and I didn't collapse, I just got very dizzy and ill. I thought it was an inner ear infection. When the symptoms persisted on day 2 and I couldn't maintain my balance, and the vertigo got worse, I called an ambulance. Scary stuff. What was horrible I didn't have slurred speech, or normal symptoms. I am eternally grateful to the Ambulance guys for taking me to VGH as it's a major stroke hospital. They did an MRI, they couldn't find anything, they had to do a CAT scan to find it. 

 

One way to check is take the heel of your foot and try and rub the front of your shins up and down (Preferably not with skates on!). If you can't do that, call 911. 

 

 

Thanks for the knowledge.  I always heard about trying to put both arms overhead, doing the "touchdown" sign.  Is that method less reliable?  It is easier to do/remember, so sounds better on paper, but if it isn't reliable, then obviously it isn't worth much.

 

Sorry to hear about it... strokes can be scary.  My mother-in-law had a couple, but they were on the small side, and didn't seem to have any lasting loss of function.  Hopefully that was the same for you.

[Ghostsof1915]

1 hour ago, Kragar said:

Thanks for the knowledge.  I always heard about trying to put both arms overhead, doing the "touchdown" sign.  Is that method less reliable?  It is easier to do/remember, so sounds better on paper, but if it isn't reliable, then obviously it isn't worth much.

 

Sorry to hear about it... strokes can be scary.  My mother-in-law had a couple, but they were on the small side, and didn't seem to have any lasting loss of function.  Hopefully that was the same for you.

I'm fine now, but yeah my Doctor at GF Strong had me do it multiple times. As I recovered the smoother I could do it. The easiest way to remember is FAST

 

Face: Is it drooping? 

Arms: Can you raise both?

Speech: Slurred or Jumbled?

Time: i.e call 911 right away. 

 

I didn't have obvious signs, probably due to it was minor, just vertigo. I really felt it the next day. My BP is in check now, and my balance is improving every day. 

So hopefully this spring is Riding season! :D
 

[-Vintage Canuck-]

Michal Neuvirth suffered a concussion and a neck injury after he hit his head on the ice when he collapsed last week.