# Freak Hockey Accident

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freak-hockey-accident/519782>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [December 3, 2009, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freak-hockey-accident/519782 "2009-12-03T00:26:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freak-hockey-accident/519782/1 "2009-12-03T00:26:43Z")

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Anyone see Vokoun getting [hit in the head](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMvneYMZiMQ)by his own teammate, Ballard? Notice how he went for the second swing, Ballard didn’t even know what he did until later on.

He must have felt so horrible after that.

[An article](http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports_hockey_panthers/2009/12/florida-panthers-vokoun-speaks-about-ballard-incident.html) with some quotes about the incident by the goalie.

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**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freak-hockey-accident/519782/2 "2009-12-03T01:30:40Z")

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What the fuck?! That should be a suspension, even if it was a teammate. Anyone who swings a hockey stick around blindly when play is dead needs to be taught a lesson.