General manager “Salavat Yulaev » Rinat Bashirov did not confirm that the team’s striker Gleb Kuzmin broke his spine in a regular season match of the FONBET KHL championship against Omsk Avangard.
In the middle of the second period of the Salavat Yulaev – Avangard match, the hosts’ second-line forward Gleb Kuzmin lost his balance during a fight with Avangard defender Darren Dietz and crashed his head against the boards. The 27-year-old hockey player required medical attention and was taken off the ice on a stretcher.
According to , Kuzmin suffered a compression fracture of the thoracic spine and has finished his performances this season.
– I can’t confirm it yet. I can only say that there will be a long recovery period. Doctors said that an additional examination would be necessary. It will take two to three days. Just yesterday, in one hour, two diagnoses were made. At first it was bad, then it became easier.
We have involved doctors from Moscow. They have made a preliminary diagnosis, but they require additional examination of the patient. This is really a serious injury. It is not yet possible to say that Gleb will be out until the end of the season. But we understand that he will be treated for a long time.
What I can say for sure is that there will be a medical consultation this morning. There it will be decided what method of treatment Kuzmin needs. How long will he stay in the hospital? “It depends on whether a decision will be made on the operation,” Bashirov told .
Kuzmin has scored one goal and provided one assist in five games this season.
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