A scary incident in the Stadium Series game between the Wild and ‘Hawks.
Jason Zucker was left dazed after taking a huge hit from Blackhawks defenseman Michal Rozsival.
As you can tell from the video at the top of the page, Rozsival’s hit was high, but it appears as though the damage was done when Zucker’s head hit the ice.
The Wild forward remained down for a couple of minutes. He eventually skated off the ice with some assistance.
Zucker is questionable to return, but he didn’t look like someone who’d be returning to this game.
From @mnwildPR: Zucker is questionable to return with an upper-body injury.
— Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) February 21, 2016
Roszival got an interference penalty and a game misconduct for the hit.
Here’s some Twitter reaction to the hit:
Jason Zucker went down hard and is still down. Rozsival elbow up high.
— Mark Lazerus (@MarkLazerus) February 21, 2016
Michal Roszival hits Jason Zucker square into the face, and he was out...Doctors race out there
— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) February 21, 2016
Rozsival with the elbow up on Zucker, whose head hits the ice hard. Zucker still down. #Blackhawks
— Tracey Myers (@Tramyers_NHL) February 21, 2016
Wild's Jason Zucker down on the ice following hit from #Blackhawks' Michal Rozsival. Zucker's head hit the ice when he went down.
— Chris Kuc (@ChrisKuc) February 21, 2016
Jason Zucker remains down on the ice after this hit from Michal Rozsival. #mnwild pic.twitter.com/IisvmE60UK
— Chad Graff (@ChadGraff) February 21, 2016
The Wild lead 4-0 after two periods.