Those rare moments when the entire arena abruptly goes dead silent, like all the air and life in the building was sucked out, such a mix of awe and anxiety
The one and only thing that the NHL does better than any other league in any other sport in the world is medical response. So many individuals on the ice should no longer be with us numerous times over through the years and yet still only one has. That's impressive and worth celebrating.
@@AJEDDY97 Yup. It's just not as fast in so many other leagues. I don't doubt for a second that guys like Cherepanov, Zholtok, maybe even Johnson might still be here if their incidents happened in the NHL.
Oh stfu. I guess according to you there should never be a car accident in the world either. Moron........ You're the only liability here@@derpdiggler7413
Can we just put the collision to one side for a moment and just acknowledge how classy the game is that we all love. A great show of respect from both teams, with out refs the game would cease to run. We all know officiating in any sport is tough but to be on the ice with these guys at full speed and flying pucks (and fists!)
It's a dangerous sport. Not just for the hockey players. But also the officials. Big strong guys skating all over the ice. I remember watching games. Just amazing how everyone is able to skate. But sometimes you have times like this. Where a simple collision happens
If the video was 2 minutes longer it would have showed exactly what happened. I'm sure someone else will have the full scene, she probably just wanted to get it you asap
This happened so fast that nobody knows what exactly happened behind the play, Hayden’s cut and the referee is out cold, this is beyond scary to me 😱 a very unfortunate accident.
I saw a father and young daughter wearing Charlestown Chiefs Hockey jerseys in front row. Greatest hockey movie ever and I have my Chiefs jersey in blue as well. lol. I'm sorry I just thought that was funny to see that. I hope the official will be ok. Best sport ever. I was actually watching this game on tv but had to leave and missed the hit. @1:22 appx.
PIT trainer comes out immediately before the ref a even get there. Goes straight to the ref on the ice. Mainly b/c they know he has no padding like the hockey player. Credit.
I hope sports fans from every sports category actually watch this video and start showing more compassion for referees at games afterwards! Referees have a very difficult job and at the end of the day, they are also human. They make agreeable and disagreeable calls from time-to-time, but enough with the “bullshit” or “ref you suck” chants!! The fans may think it’s all fun and games but for the referee and his relatives-it definitely isn’t! Let’s give referees of all sports the respect they rightfully deserve, from here on in!!
Tampa bay just seems to not watch where they are going. The other day Stamkos ran into their own player and their teammate went after the Canadiens defenseman thinking it was him in the Montreal game
Wow. Hope he's okay. Kinda similar to the Damar Hamlin incident, where the camera coverage stayed far away to give him his privacy as they worked on him.
Every NHL building has an emergency medical facility and staff as well as ambulances standing by in case of emergency surgery. Home team is also responsible for providing the emergency goalie to the visiting team if they lose both to injury in the same game.
Not only the medical part is better than other sports but also the entertainment factor. It's faster paced it's also physical and they let them fight. Don't get me started on how boring baseball is. All the other sports are so slow compared to hockey
It really does separate hockey from the other pro sports, the decency webs mentality from the players . They all respect the officials and it shows the class that hockey players/teams have. Other major sports in the US would do well to watch and learn from
There's probably a dozen cameras in there at minimum but they somehow didn't catch how the collision actually occurred It's so weird, he's not in the middle of the ice and has no reason to be then suddenly is laid out. EDIT: Kozari turns his entire body and keeps his head turned way knowing that Fleury was on his right, and then proceeds to skate right into him while refusing the basic human instinct to look in the direction he is skating. Just because he got the worst of the collision doesn't men he isn't fully responsible.
I mean, I'm no NHL ref, but I have to assume they need to keep themselves in a position to see as much of the ice as possible. It was blindside, by both player and ref. High speed, both paying attention to the puck, not the direction they're going in. Just a tragic accident.
@@ripelcannonthere are two other officials, so he needs to be in a position where he get's blind-sided because he needs to see as much of the ice as possible? Sounds like he just sucks at his job and was somewhere he didn't need to be.
So I ref hockey, at a much lower level of course, high school... but I'm sure it's the same at most levels. As a ref you should NEVER be skating at center ice during the game other than dropping the puck. We are taught to skate between the face off dots and boards. When you don't, this is what can happen.
Idk what system yall use where you play but the system they use in the NHL is quite different than in minor leagues. In Alberta we've only just started working with 4 officials for bantam AAA and above. The biggest difference with that, I'm sure you know is that the high referee tends to hang out at or just toward the middle of the ice from the offside dot, as they must be ready to switch the side of the ice they are on to counter their other referee escaping behind the net. From what it looks like to me, the high ref that got hit appeared to be on the board side, and thus had to cross to counter his partner whether the partner stayed or not. Also not helping his situation is that the puck changed possession just before the hit, meaning the back ref needed to pivot, further bringing him into the middle and blinding him to the player behind him. From how we run our 4 official crews out here even up to Mig AAA, Junior B, and AJHL, he didn't really do anything out of the ordinary for the system. Just wrong place wrong time. I do think the system itself deserves looking at, especially at NHL level since the low ref escapes behind the net WAY more often than I was ever taught to tho.
Yeah no shit. The player who hit him was down for a few minutes aswell. So of the player who wears protective gear is down that long, the refs got it a lot worse
No refs are supposed to just stay to the side they often rotate from side to side when the official closest to the play has to switch sides to avoid the play or get a better angle and you’re right this isn’t the nfl the officials in the NHL are athletes and they train as such this was just an unfortunate accident on both parts
Good he deserves it, he knew Fleury was to his right and then skates right toward him with his head turned. He literally resisted the instinct to glance in the direction he was skating because he knew he could stage a "negligent collision" and would be treated like the victim for taking the most damage due to having less pads, it's straight up sociopathic. Here's Kozari having a little power trip slip out on hot-mic: ruclips.net/video/0aTv6lwRCJQ/видео.html He is incompetent, shady, and threat to player safety and needs to be fired
As much as I hate on refs, being an nhl ref is the hardest officiating job in professional sports. If you make a bad call, everyone's on you. You do a good job you did what your paid for. Hope he is going to be okay. Did not look good
What the hell was the Tampa player looking at? He's skating forward in the direction towards the referee with lots of time to change his direction. What the hell was he looking at going forward? Shouldn't be surprised. It's Tampa Bay. They do this stuff all the time. Only difference is it's usually two other teams.
Video with one replay angle has been uploaded. My apologies.
ruclips.net/video/oGB5qrWyZL4/видео.htmlsi=UnFFW2YUxvyoScXQ
-Alyssa Hope
Quality > Quantity
Thanks for the actual clip. Appreciated.
all good lol, keep up the good work!
Those rare moments when the entire arena abruptly goes dead silent, like all the air and life in the building was sucked out, such a mix of awe and anxiety
I was there and this is an accurate description of what happened.
Dead silence, except for the music
Right at 0:11 it goes from noise to silent.
I was at this game today. He took quite a big hit. Wishing him the best with a speedy recovery. Prayers for him 🙏
A lot of complaining on this post I’d like to see everyone go try to be a NHL referee give the man the respect he deserves
Prayers right now for the man.
Its surprising it doesnt happen more often. Saya alot about how good of skaters and athletes refs need to be.
They are giving them the exact respect that they deserve
Ya hate to see someone get injured! Was a hard hit with the ice for both. I have had a couple hard head hits on the ice. Took 3 years to get right.
That ref won’t let you see his nuts so no need to white knight. 🤷🏽♂️
respect to both teams for coming off the benches like that.. First time I've ever seen in 40 years of watching nhl
Yea agree that’s why I love this sport the respect levels and shows of humanity are endless love the game!
Shoutout to the mascot for distracting the kids from the scene on the ice.
Was about to say this. Great job from the mascot
good ole IceBurgh
underrated comment.
The one and only thing that the NHL does better than any other league in any other sport in the world is medical response. So many individuals on the ice should no longer be with us numerous times over through the years and yet still only one has. That's impressive and worth celebrating.
And it's *IMMEDIATE* medical response, too. Like, it is SO fast, and that's why we're so lucky that these guys are still with us.
@@AJEDDY97 Yup. It's just not as fast in so many other leagues. I don't doubt for a second that guys like Cherepanov, Zholtok, maybe even Johnson might still be here if their incidents happened in the NHL.
I think the nature of the nhl requires the best of the best for immediate response situations and it seems they have them
I believe the NHL requires paramedics in the building for the entire game for severe injuries just like this. But I’m not 100% sure.
@@gamersens2363think you're right, wasn't there an issue within the past year where a game was canceled or delayed because they didn't have emts?
Great respect from both teams to come off the bench and salute Kozari as he left the ice.
Can we also give a thumbs up for the EMS and trainers for this instant reactions...
Broadcast showed Kozari was skating through the neutral zone and hit heads with Fleury. Kozari got knocked out and Fleury got cut.
officials are supposed to have awareness, his incompetence is a liability
Oh stfu. I guess according to you there should never be a car accident in the world either. Moron........ You're the only liability here@@derpdiggler7413
@@derpdiggler7413 Alright don't be dramatic, hockey is a fast game and guys get hurt all the time.
@@Wayf4rer which is why his incompetence is a liability, sorry if that concept triggers you please don't get hysterical.
@@Wayf4rer these are (supposed to be) professionals, not the JV team
Can we just put the collision to one side for a moment and just acknowledge how classy the game is that we all love. A great show of respect from both teams, with out refs the game would cease to run. We all know officiating in any sport is tough but to be on the ice with these guys at full speed and flying pucks (and fists!)
I’m not a very big Crosby fan, but seeing his reaction and immediately jumped out to help trainer get there faster was awesome
Very nice of players from both teams to come out like that, as he’s being taken out on the stretcher.❤️
It's a dangerous sport. Not just for the hockey players. But also the officials. Big strong guys skating all over the ice. I remember watching games. Just amazing how everyone is able to skate. But sometimes you have times like this. Where a simple collision happens
Can’t even see what happened
If the video was 2 minutes longer it would have showed exactly what happened. I'm sure someone else will have the full scene, she probably just wanted to get it you asap
@Jens95 that's not true. I watched the replay during the live game.
Alyssa deleting her comment because it makes the channel look bad.. sheesh. Oh well, Sportsnet probably will have the better video up soon.
They took a while to show what happened. Hopefully someone uploads a longer video. I accidentally hit the back button instead of rewind and lost it.
for real this is a terrible upload lol
one of the few time the whole stadium actually carried about what happened to the ref.
Not really.
T's and P's to Steve. We forget just how vulnerable the officials on the ice really are.
This happened so fast that nobody knows what exactly happened behind the play, Hayden’s cut and the referee is out cold, this is beyond scary to me 😱 a very unfortunate accident.
Sick video, didn’t even show the collision
I saw a father and young daughter wearing Charlestown Chiefs Hockey jerseys in front row. Greatest hockey movie ever and I have my Chiefs jersey in blue as well. lol. I'm sorry I just thought that was funny to see that. I hope the official will be ok. Best sport ever. I was actually watching this game on tv but had to leave and missed the hit. @1:22 appx.
PIT trainer comes out immediately before the ref a even get there. Goes straight to the ref on the ice. Mainly b/c they know he has no padding like the hockey player. Credit.
Glad he’s ok.
Hockey fans are the best!!!! Thank you for standing and clapping when the ref started moving his arms!! See you at the Stanley Cup Finals!!!!
both teams showing respect for this referee ,,,,,this was the best video of sportsmanship ever
Steve Kozaris is my uncle
Hope your ok❤
And yo mama is a stripper
Дяде Степе здоровья.
Clean hit 💥
When someone is face down motionless like that it’s scary no matter who it is
I was at this game and it was tense. This happened so fast, but it felt like it was in slow motion.
Of course they don’t show the actual incident 🤦♂️
I hope sports fans from every sports category actually watch this video and start showing more compassion for referees at games afterwards! Referees have a very difficult job and at the end of the day, they are also human. They make agreeable and disagreeable calls from time-to-time, but enough with the “bullshit” or “ref you suck” chants!! The fans may think it’s all fun and games but for the referee and his relatives-it definitely isn’t! Let’s give referees of all sports the respect they rightfully deserve, from here on in!!
That was a fast upload
right.. didn’t even get the replay
I was at this game. This was genuinely one of the most horrifying things I’ve witnessed
Any updates on his condition?
They should have showed him getting laid out on repeat
Hopefully both injured recover completely!
Hope he's alright 🙏
I read that he's in the hospital for observation, but is moving all extremities and should make a full recovery
Is there any actual video of the collision?
Tampa bay just seems to not watch where they are going. The other day Stamkos ran into their own player and their teammate went after the Canadiens defenseman thinking it was him in the Montreal game
I see that trainers from both sides went out. Usually it's the home team who takes care of the officials.
Hope that the ref is all right.
God damn that was a car wreck
No replay. Fucking new NHL.
Is there any footage of the hit? I haven't actually seen what happened to the poor ref.
Wow. Hope he's okay. Kinda similar to the Damar Hamlin incident, where the camera coverage stayed far away to give him his privacy as they worked on him.
Alot of class shown by both teams to go on the ice and make sure Kozari was ok
Did the game Finnish with just 1 official and 2 linesmen or did they stop it?
If I can hazard a guess, the home team is also responsible to provide medical assistance to the officials?
Every NHL building has an emergency medical facility and staff as well as ambulances standing by in case of emergency surgery. Home team is also responsible for providing the emergency goalie to the visiting team if they lose both to injury in the same game.
Hockey players off the bench- class!
SHOW. THE. REPLAY. fucks sake
Not only the medical part is better than other sports but also the entertainment factor. It's faster paced it's also physical and they let them fight. Don't get me started on how boring baseball is. All the other sports are so slow compared to hockey
It really does separate hockey from the other pro sports, the decency webs mentality from the players . They all respect the officials and it shows the class that hockey players/teams have.
Other major sports in the US would do well to watch and learn from
There's probably a dozen cameras in there at minimum but they somehow didn't catch how the collision actually occurred
It's so weird, he's not in the middle of the ice and has no reason to be then suddenly is laid out.
EDIT: Kozari turns his entire body and keeps his head turned way knowing that Fleury was on his right, and then proceeds to skate right into him while refusing the basic human instinct to look in the direction he is skating. Just because he got the worst of the collision doesn't men he isn't fully responsible.
Yes they did, she just didn't show it in this clip.
@@ripelcannon dude had no reason to be in the middle of the ice, tf was he thinking?
I mean, I'm no NHL ref, but I have to assume they need to keep themselves in a position to see as much of the ice as possible. It was blindside, by both player and ref. High speed, both paying attention to the puck, not the direction they're going in. Just a tragic accident.
They 100% caught it
@@ripelcannonthere are two other officials, so he needs to be in a position where he get's blind-sided because he needs to see as much of the ice as possible? Sounds like he just sucks at his job and was somewhere he didn't need to be.
Any update ?
So I ref hockey, at a much lower level of course, high school... but I'm sure it's the same at most levels. As a ref you should NEVER be skating at center ice during the game other than dropping the puck. We are taught to skate between the face off dots and boards. When you don't, this is what can happen.
Idk what system yall use where you play but the system they use in the NHL is quite different than in minor leagues. In Alberta we've only just started working with 4 officials for bantam AAA and above. The biggest difference with that, I'm sure you know is that the high referee tends to hang out at or just toward the middle of the ice from the offside dot, as they must be ready to switch the side of the ice they are on to counter their other referee escaping behind the net. From what it looks like to me, the high ref that got hit appeared to be on the board side, and thus had to cross to counter his partner whether the partner stayed or not. Also not helping his situation is that the puck changed possession just before the hit, meaning the back ref needed to pivot, further bringing him into the middle and blinding him to the player behind him. From how we run our 4 official crews out here even up to Mig AAA, Junior B, and AJHL, he didn't really do anything out of the ordinary for the system. Just wrong place wrong time. I do think the system itself deserves looking at, especially at NHL level since the low ref escapes behind the net WAY more often than I was ever taught to tho.
This will result in a 10 game suspension for Tom Wilson.
I always liked knowing - who the refs are 😛 for decades !
9 years ago he got a puck to the face in Boston.
Blind ref... what else is new....
Why was the ref in center ice tho? Usually refs are on the side
That's my dad... He's okay. Just a bit shaky
Dam..no replay ???
Damn =( I really hope he is or will be ok
He shouldn’t be in the middle of the ice. Hate to see him hurt though
If the player was down that long that mustve been a hard collision.
That’s the ref
Yeah no shit. The player who hit him was down for a few minutes aswell. So of the player who wears protective gear is down that long, the refs got it a lot worse
Nobody was bracing for the hit. You're going to be winded at the very least after that.
How is he doing? We were watching the game, though situation
Isn’t that why refs are suppose to stay on the side instead of in the way center ice, this isn’t nfl where 5hey do it on the regular
No refs are supposed to just stay to the side they often rotate from side to side when the official closest to the play has to switch sides to avoid the play or get a better angle and you’re right this isn’t the nfl the officials in the NHL are athletes and they train as such this was just an unfortunate accident on both parts
Really wish we could have seen the hidden that one
Are there two different players named Fleury? This doesn’t seem like the Fleury I was thinking of.
There are a couple, though one is still spending time in the AHL more often than not
I was at the game very scary to watch
They till player's to keep their head up why doesn't the refs go by the same rule
Because if they do and they miss a tripping or holding penalty, the arena goes crazy.
Did anyone see what happened? 😳
yuuppp fencing position = auto stretcher
Penguins checking on their teammate
Is he ok
He was moving his extremities as he was being stretchered off the ice. Time will tell for sure
he'll be back to swearing on hot-mics and making bs calls for bribes in no time
@derpdiggler7413 youre so miserable, I feel bad for people who have to actually deal with you in real life.
@@derpdiggler7413no seriously I’m gonna say it again please for the love of god do everyone a favor and play a drinking game but use bleach
Why is a referee in the middle of the ice surface?
so quiet.......lol remember when havlat got kronwalled ..havlat waking up to that crazy music playing lol wonder what was going though his head lmao
Yes I do agree that they do
Refs and linesmen aren't exactly popular but no decent person wants to see this happen..
Haydn *
Karma for the 2019 finals game 5 no call on the blatant trip, Kelly sutherlands got it comin next! 🤞🖕
holy shit dude 😂
The official was also given a game misconduct...crazy
What?! He got hit hard!
@@tonychen3368 and 2 minutes for interference...just to add insult to injury
😂😂
Good he deserves it, he knew Fleury was to his right and then skates right toward him with his head turned. He literally resisted the instinct to glance in the direction he was skating because he knew he could stage a "negligent collision" and would be treated like the victim for taking the most damage due to having less pads, it's straight up sociopathic.
Here's Kozari having a little power trip slip out on hot-mic: ruclips.net/video/0aTv6lwRCJQ/видео.html
He is incompetent, shady, and threat to player safety and needs to be fired
@@derpdiggler7413 tell me you have never played hockey without telling me you never played hockey
Rough.
Can we please get a better video lol
His head actually fell off..
I was at this game
The refs have no friggin business being in the middle of the ice. There job is to stay near and around the boards. Plain n simple.
10 min game misconduct 🙅♂️
Holy crap
Someone should have kept there head up lol
Greenfelder Villages
I think they should have a replacement referee
Good sport
As much as I hate on refs, being an nhl ref is the hardest officiating job in professional sports. If you make a bad call, everyone's on you. You do a good job you did what your paid for. Hope he is going to be okay. Did not look good
Dillon Shoal
My parents know the aunt and uncle of the player who got hit
ok
You didn't even show the fuckin hit
What the hell was the Tampa player looking at? He's skating forward in the direction towards the referee with lots of time to change his direction. What the hell was he looking at going forward? Shouldn't be surprised. It's Tampa Bay. They do this stuff all the time. Only difference is it's usually two other teams.
Not a job I would want
🙏
Poor referee
🙏🙏🙏🙏