Vancouver Canucks vs Boston Bruins
8:00 PM ET, June 8, 2011
TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
BOSTON (AP) -- Two players made two bad decisions in an instant, something that happens fairly often in the NHL. Boston's Nathan Horton watched his pass an instant too long, and Vancouver's Aaron Rome checked him an instant too late.
Both players' seasons ended in that instant during Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals. Horton dropped to the ice, apparently unconscious on his back with his eyes open and his gloved right hand reaching up frighteningly into empty space, while Rome was sent to the Canucks' dressing room under a vicious cascade of boos from Bruins fans.
The NHL is a volatile cocktail of big men with sticks skating swiftly over a confined ice surface, and those elements collided with devastating impact in the sport's biggest showcase Monday night.
Horton is out for the rest of the NHL's championship round with a severe concussion, and Rome received a four-game suspension -- the longest in Stanley Cup finals history -- beginning with the pivotal Game 4 on Wednesday night.
Both players' seasons ended in that instant during Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals. Horton dropped to the ice, apparently unconscious on his back with his eyes open and his gloved right hand reaching up frighteningly into empty space, while Rome was sent to the Canucks' dressing room under a vicious cascade of boos from Bruins fans.
The NHL is a volatile cocktail of big men with sticks skating swiftly over a confined ice surface, and those elements collided with devastating impact in the sport's biggest showcase Monday night.
Horton is out for the rest of the NHL's championship round with a severe concussion, and Rome received a four-game suspension -- the longest in Stanley Cup finals history -- beginning with the pivotal Game 4 on Wednesday night.
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