College Hockey: Minnesota's Pohl In Intensive Care After Surgery
Compiled by USCHO Staff from wire reports and press releases
MINNEAPOLIS (March 17) — Minnesota senior Tom Pohl is in intensive care following surgery resulting from an injury suffered in the Golden Gophers’ double overtime victory over Minnesota State on Sunday in Mankato.
POHL (photo: gophersports.com)
Pohl sustained a skull fracture when his head hit the boards in front of the team’s bench at 6:09 of the second period. The injury resulted in bleeding on the brain and Pohl was airlifted to St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester. Successful surgery was performed to stop the bleeding and stabilize the fracture. Pohl remains at the hospital for further observation.
“We are very fortunate that he has tremendous medical care,” said Minnesota coach Don Lucia, who is in Rochester with Pohl and his family. “We’re looking forward to him returning to school at one hundred percent and our thoughts and prayers remain with Tom and the Pohl family.”
The senior forward has played in 34 games this season for the Golden Gophers.
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ecbrevik wrote on March 18, 2008 at 12:44 pm CT:
Best wishes to Pohl. I hate to see this kind of thing happen to anyone. :(
MNhockeyalways2010 wrote on March 18, 2008 at 11:52 am CT:
I wish Tom and his hockey playing family the very best and the speediest recovery. Tom has been a huge contribution to this team and he deserves to get well quickly. I actually have the game on tape, so I watched that incident over and over again to see exactly what happened. It seems that Wiley, the MSU player, elbowed him to the head, and that force knocked his helmet off. He then fell and hit his head first on the boards, and then proceeded to hit his head on the ice. My thoughts and ...
USMalum wrote on March 17, 2008 at 11:48 pm CT:
Watching the FSN coverage; he was near the boards and a Makato player gave him an elbow to the head. The hit knocked his helmet off(could net tell if he was using a chin strap) and then his head hit the corner of the boards and he fell to the ice. It looked like he cought himself, but he was down and motionless for a while. The medical staff got him turned over and onto back board and stretcher. He was moving his feet and the report after the game was a broken nose and a concusion.
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