Boston Bruins prospect Jeremy Lauzon was rushed into surgery Friday night after sustaining serious lacerations to his neck. The injury came after he was hit with a skate on the ice.
Lauzon, 18, was selected by the Bruins in the second round (No. 52 overall) of the 2015 NHL Draft. His Rouyn-Noranda Huskies were cruising to a victory in the QMJHL playoffs when the incident occurred.
Lauzon was taken to a local hospital and immediately went into surgery but is expected to be OK.
Check out some reactions and video of the incident below.
Warning: Some images and video may contain slightly graphic content.
https://twitter.com/FraserTQN/status/721131703629127684
Reps for Jeremy Lauzon, BOS prospect from Rouyn-Noranda taken to hospital, said he "sustained neck laceration and he's out of danger."
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) April 16, 2016
Lauzon undergoing surgery for neck laceration. BTW, Lauzon's father, a surgeon, is with his son at hospital tho not performing the surgery.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) April 16, 2016
#Bruins Prospect Jeremy Lauzon got a skate to the throat yesterday. Hope your okay buddy #BruinsTalk pic.twitter.com/Ef7t350GrD
— British Bruins (@NHLBruinsUK) April 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/weekendatbergys/status/721157964564967425
Classy move by QMJHL president Gilles Courteau. Wishes Bruins prospect Jeremy Lauzon quick recovery https://t.co/R91rZxOGTj
— Domenic Fazioli (@DomenicFazioli) April 16, 2016
Lauzon provided an update on his status via Twitter, thanking everyone for the well wishes and saying he was feeling better already.
https://twitter.com/jeremylauzon21/status/721364834852282368
Here’s video of the incident. It’s difficult to see what happened, but still, be warned that this does contain graphic content.
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