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Player dangerously takes skate inadvertently to the face

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Sam Hutch
January 17, 2024  (9:58)
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This is something you never want to see, a player getting a skate to the face causing an injury, something that has become an all too common trend.

There's been a concerning trend in the game of hockey this year with the uptick of players getting injured by accidentally getting cut by the opposing players skates.

The latest example of this is yesterday was yesterday in the KHL between Sochi and AkBars; take a look.

HOPEFULLY THIS AIN'T SERIOUS 🙏

Sochi #CauseChaos prospect Alexander Perevalov gets #AkBars Dmitri Yudin's skate in the face. 😮 #KHL

Carolina Hurricanes prospect, Alexander Perevalov takes a skate to the face from Dmitri Yudin after it appears Perevalov pushes Yudin from behind causing his skate to come up and catch him in the face.

The good thing here is that the skate does not appear Perevalov in the throat by rather near his face. Hopefully it's not too serious as this could've been a lot worse then it ended up being

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Do you think skates to face are happening to often?

Yes12045.3 %
No10138.1 %
This is happening far too often to be an accident4416.6 %
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