A bizarre scene today in Calgary, where Canucks forward Alex Burrows was rolled out of Vancouver’s dressing room on a stretcher and loaded into an ambulance.
The Canucks say Burrows has an upper-body injury and was taken to the hospital for precautionary reasons. He will not play tonight.
Burrows had earlier departed the team’s morning skate, reportedly yelling “help” as he left the ice, with team doctors reportedly in tow.
For a time, there was speculation Burrows was having a little fun with the media, and Canucks president Trevor Linden did not dispel that notion when he went on the radio and said it was “nothing serious” and that Burrows was expected to play.
The Canucks had already recalled winger Sven Baertschi before Burrows was hurt at practice, so expect the former Flames prospect in the lineup tonight.
Burrows hospital visit is injury related, not medical. His condition is not life threatening and not believed to need surgery #TSN1040
— Jon Abbott (@AbbsPxP) April 21, 2015
Update:
It’s reportedly a broken rib.
Broken rib for Alex Burrows. He's out of danger. #canucks #tvasports
— Renaud Lavoie (@renlavoietva) April 21, 2015
Rib injury report from @renlavoietva is bang on.. Suffered today, not last game.
— Blake Price (@justBlakePrice) April 21, 2015
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