Overview
- During Sunday’s EHC Königsbrunn–EV Dingolfing playoff game, the 27-year-old was struck in the neck by an opponent’s skate.
- Rescuers treated him on the ice for about 30 minutes before he was taken to Dingolfing Hospital and initially admitted to intensive care.
- EHC Königsbrunn said Monday he has been moved off intensive care to a regular ward, shared a hospital photo of him smiling with a thumbs-up, and emphasized no one is being blamed.
- Augsburger Allgemeine reported he suffered two lacerations to the neck.
- After a lengthy pause, the game resumed and went to a shootout that Königsbrunn won, as coverage also revisited post-2023 rules mandating cut-resistant neck protection in the DEL and from 2024/25 under the DEB.