NHL referee Mitch Dunning was stretchered off of the ice throughout a recreation between the Colorado Avalanche and the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday evening.
Dunning was skating away from the puck when Avalanche defenseman Josh Manson collided with him within the first interval. Dunning hit the ice arduous and was down for a number of moments as trainers and medical employees got here out and attended to him.
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Referee Mitch Dunning, middle, is stretchered off the ice after an damage throughout the first interval of an NHL hockey recreation between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Colorado Avalanche, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photograph/Derik Hamilton)
He was later taken off the ice on a stretcher.
“Referee Mitch Dunning has been taken to hospital for precautionary causes following a collision within the @Avalanche / @NHLFlyers recreation,” the league stated in a put up on X. “All neurological indicators are regular, he’s absolutely communicative and might transfer all his extremities.”
The sport was delayed a number of minutes.
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Referee Mitch Dunning, backside, lies on the ice after an damage throughout the first interval of an NHL hockey recreation between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Colorado Avalanche, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photograph/Derik Hamilton)
Dunning is a former skilled hockey participant within the Ontario Hockey League. He performed elements of three seasons with the Sarnia Sting and Windsor Spitfires. He suffered a critical knee damage throughout the 2010-11 season with the Spitfires.
He retired from hockey after he performed for Windsor College throughout the 2012-13 season and turned to teaching earlier than ultimately moving into officiating within the Windsor Essex Referee Affiliation in 2014.
He labored his means up the officiating ladder by way of the OHL, East Coast Hockey League, American Hockey League and later the NHL. He was provided a minor league refereeing contract in 2018 and promoted to the NHL in 2022.
Colorado Avalanche’s Josh Manson (42), proper, talks to referee Mitch Dunning, middle, as Dunning is stretchered off the ice after an damage throughout the first interval of an NHL hockey recreation between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Avalanche, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photograph/Derik Hamilton)
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Dunning’s first NHL recreation was between the Florida Panthers and Ottawa Senators in March 2019, in response to his NHL Officers Affiliation bio.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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