Laviolette Responds To Knee-On-Knee Collision With Injured Player
The New York Rangers and head coach Peter Laviolette's 2-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes last night has been clouded with questions and concerns over the injuries of both defensemen Adam Fox, and center Filip Chytil.
Here he is speaking to reporters on the knee-on-knee hit Carolina's forward, Sebastian Aho, gave that knocked Adam Fox out of the game.
"I was running the bench at the time and didn't see it. I saw it on the TV monitor quickly. I went in and looked at it after the period, especially from the overhead, I didn't like the hit." -Laviolette
Here is the hit in question:
We will get the injury status update of both Adam Fox and Filip Chytil later today as we hope it is nothing serious and they are in good health.
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