Here’s a terrifying moment from the Capitals-Hurricanes game. Washington goalie Braden Holtby lost his helmet and the officials were a bit slow to blow the whistle to halt play. Carolina defenseman Justin Faulk fired a shot at the net and immediately realized that a lidless Holtby was laying on the ice.
This could have had a much worse ending.
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And another look.
Now you know why it’s so important for the refs to blow the play dead when a goalie loses his helmet.
