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February 25, 2010, Thursday
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SLOVAKIA forward Lubos Bartecko suffered a concussion after being leveled by a scary shoulder hit from Norway defenseman Ole Kristian Tollefsen during a 4-3 victory in the men's hockey tournament on Tuesday night.
"He's been stitched up, but he should be OK," Slovakia team spokesman Peter Dobias said.
Dobias said Bartecko was being treated at a clinic at the athletes' village. Slovakia's next game is against defending Olympic champion Sweden in the quarterfinals.
"It was a very unfair attack on his head," Slovakia coach Jan Filc said. "He's OK, but he's not supposed to play (Wednesday)."
Bartecko initially lost his balance after another Norwegian appeared to push him, causing him to lean forward before being hit by Tollefsen. Tollefsen's blindside blow left Bartecko's body limp, then the back of Bartecko's head hit the ice as his helmet popped off. He left the rink on a stretcher, raising his hands to rub his forehead.
Slovakia's players watched nervously from their bench as medical personnel treated their teammate. Fans in nearby seats turned their heads and stopped watching as blood gushing from the back of his head caused a pool on the ice the size of a dinner plate. Attendants scrambled to fetch towels to slow the bleeding before the stretcher arrived. The blood was cleaned up by arena workers with a shovel before play resumed.
"It's not comfortable seeing so much blood coming out of his head," Slovakian forward Richard Zednik said. "A really dirty play."
As Bartecko fell to the ice a third Norway player, Tore Vikingstad, also clipped him.
"Nobody likes to see that, especially in the Olympics," said Miroslav Satan, who won the game for Slovakia with a goal 8 minutes into the final period. "We also wanted to win for him."
Tollefsen was ejected from the game and given a five-minute penalty for checking to the head. Slovakia then scored twice on the ensuing five-minute power play.
"A five-minute penalty and they scored two goals - that was the key to the game," Vikingstad said.
Norway coach Roy Johansen said he saw the hit on a video replay. He did not believe it was a dirty play.
"(Bartecko) got a push from behind. He didn't mean to hit him in the head," Johansen said. "I don't think it was on purpose to hurt him, but he was bending forward and he put the shoulder in his head."
The 33-year-old Bartecko played in 257 games for Atlanta and St Louis of the NHL from 1999-2003. He now plays in a league in Switzerland.
"He's been stitched up, but he should be OK," Slovakia team spokesman Peter Dobias said.
Dobias said Bartecko was being treated at a clinic at the athletes' village. Slovakia's next game is against defending Olympic champion Sweden in the quarterfinals.
"It was a very unfair attack on his head," Slovakia coach Jan Filc said. "He's OK, but he's not supposed to play (Wednesday)."
Bartecko initially lost his balance after another Norwegian appeared to push him, causing him to lean forward before being hit by Tollefsen. Tollefsen's blindside blow left Bartecko's body limp, then the back of Bartecko's head hit the ice as his helmet popped off. He left the rink on a stretcher, raising his hands to rub his forehead.
Slovakia's players watched nervously from their bench as medical personnel treated their teammate. Fans in nearby seats turned their heads and stopped watching as blood gushing from the back of his head caused a pool on the ice the size of a dinner plate. Attendants scrambled to fetch towels to slow the bleeding before the stretcher arrived. The blood was cleaned up by arena workers with a shovel before play resumed.
"It's not comfortable seeing so much blood coming out of his head," Slovakian forward Richard Zednik said. "A really dirty play."
As Bartecko fell to the ice a third Norway player, Tore Vikingstad, also clipped him.
"Nobody likes to see that, especially in the Olympics," said Miroslav Satan, who won the game for Slovakia with a goal 8 minutes into the final period. "We also wanted to win for him."
Tollefsen was ejected from the game and given a five-minute penalty for checking to the head. Slovakia then scored twice on the ensuing five-minute power play.
"A five-minute penalty and they scored two goals - that was the key to the game," Vikingstad said.
Norway coach Roy Johansen said he saw the hit on a video replay. He did not believe it was a dirty play.
"(Bartecko) got a push from behind. He didn't mean to hit him in the head," Johansen said. "I don't think it was on purpose to hurt him, but he was bending forward and he put the shoulder in his head."
The 33-year-old Bartecko played in 257 games for Atlanta and St Louis of the NHL from 1999-2003. He now plays in a league in Switzerland.
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