The Montreal Canadiens are now not only down a game, but a key player. Â During last night’s game between the Montreal Canadiens and Ottowa Senators, center Lars Eller was taken off the ice in stretcher after being hit in the head by Eric Gryba. Â The hit happened midcourt after Eller’s teammate Raphael Diaz passed the puck to him. Â Gryba went after the puck and caught Eller in the head with his shoulder. Â The hit was very scary as Eller laid there motionless for quite sometime before inevitable having to be carted off the ice. Â Under Eller was a pool of blood that left the crowd speechless. Â As for Gryba he said he would never go after a player intentionally and his coach, Paul MacLean, went after Diaz’s bad pass instead. Â “(If I’m Eller), I’m really mad at player 61, whoever he is, because he passed me the puck in the middle of the rink when I wasn’t looking,” MacLean said. “That’s always been a dangerous place as far as I know. Ever since I’ve been playing this game, that’s a dangerous place to be — bad things happen. Â Eller was left with a concussion, facial lacerations, and dental fractures. Â Both teams wish Lars Eller a speedy recovery, but the Candiens will be without a guy who scored eight goals this season. Â It is such a tragedy when a player is seriously injured during a sporting event, but I do not see any malicious intent from Gryba.
