A horrifying scene unfolded in Las Vegas Tuesday night when Winnipeg Jets forward Morgan Barron took a skate in his face during a scrum in front of the net and immediately walked off the ice.
But with it being the NHL playoffs, Barron was back on the ice for less than the entire period, after reports of over 75 stitches in the locker room.
With players scrambling for the net nine minutes into the game as Golden Knights goalie Laurent Brossoit fell, Chandler Stephenson pushed Barron into Brosoit’s skate, which struck Barron on the riding side of his face, gouging his eye. caught near
But midway through the second period, Barron returned to the game with a large bandage covering the wound — though blood and part of the cut were still visible.
Jets coach Rick Bowness said of Barron’s return to action, “He was looking at me. ‘I’m ready.’ I said, ‘Do you want some skate or something?’ And he goes, ‘No, I’m ready to go.’ And of course he went right out and hit someone.
“That’s Winnipeg Jets hockey for all of us involved. Morgan is a perfect example of that. Give him a lot of credit. It takes a lot of guts to get 55 stitches no matter what, and that was a pretty serious cut.” “
Barron said he was able to come back because Skate Blades “missed something important.”
Barron wound up playing nearly 11 minutes and recording three shots in a 5–1 upset of the Jets in the opening game of their first round series against the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference.
The 24-year-old Barron played in 70 games in his first full season with the Jets. He had eight goals and 13 assists – both career highs. Tuesday was his first career playoff game.
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