So let me get this clear. Apparently in last night’s (3/3/15) Panthers-Leafs game:
Roberto Luongo, the starter goalie for the Panthers got injured late in the first period, courtesy of a puck to the shoulder/neck area
He finished out the remaining 2 minutes or so of the period, but was pulled during first intermission, and it was announced that he wouldn’t be returning to the game.
The Panthers’ backup goalie, Al Montoya took over net-minding duties and by all accounts was fine during the second period, but then! 22 seconds into the third, sustains a groin injury.
There’s a delay of game while Montoya goes to the bench while the Panthers tries to figure out what the fuck to do now. Montoya skates back to the net a brief conversation later, then skates BACK to the bench, off the ice, and into the dressing room.
Both Scottie Upshall and Derek MacKenzie (both forwards) leave the ice, Upshall eventually reappears, MacKenzie does not.
Montoya reappears, in obvious pain, and game resumes. MacKenzie still not back, probably because he’s now putting on goalie pads
ETA: “We played rock, paper, scissors for it,” Upshall told the Herald.
A couple of shots later play is again paused while there’s a lot of talking going on at the bench, most probably all along the lines of WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK NOW.
Toronto Maple Leafs’ twitter team have a bit of fun:
In any case, Luongo was apparently dressed in street clothes and at the hospital when the injury happened, but he, I dunno, fucking fled the doctors and sprinted back or something because next thing we know,
Luongo reappears at the bench dressed in street clothes to have a discussion with Trainer, Coach, and GM:
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