During the Dallas Stars game against the Columbus Blue Jackets there was an incident. It appears as if Stars player Rich Peverley collapsed mid-game causing a delay. Peverley was taken to the tunnel and attended to.
Previously, Peverly was diagnosed with an irregular heart beat and he had just returned to the line up. From the Dallas Morning News on March 6th:
"Rich Peverley missed the entire preseason and the first game of the season with an irregular heartbeat, and that same issue kept him out of Tuesday’s game in Columbus. Peverley was feeling strange after Monday’s game and was unable to fly.He missed that game, but was back in the lineup Thursday and played on the top line with Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn."
On behalf of the FanSided team, we’re all sending our prayers and thoughts to Peverley and his family.
Now identified as Rich Peverley who collapsed on the bench.
— Daren Millard (@darenmillard) March 11, 2014
Good news. Lindy Ruff comes out of the hall way and says Rich Peverley is going to be ok
— Daren Millard (@darenmillard) March 11, 2014
Rich Peverley remains conscious and continues to be treated. We'll make updates available on his condition as they become available.
— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) March 11, 2014
UPDATE: Rich Peverley has been taken to the hospital an is conscious. The game is still delayed at the moment. That's all we know for now.
— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) March 11, 2014
Jody Shelley, an analyst for Fox Sports Ohio, says it's Stars player Rich Peverley who collapsed.
— Bill Rabinowitz 🗞 (@brdispatch) March 11, 2014
Jody Shelley on the air says it is Rich Peverly who was taken off the ice. Stars clearly shaken up
— Matt Barnes (@Matt_NBC4) March 11, 2014
From Jeff Cavanaugh of 105.3 FM The Fan in Dallas:
From the Dallas Stars’ account:
Hey, friends. We don't know what happened just yet. We'll let you know as soon as we know.
— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) March 11, 2014
@brandonworley Play stopped as a player was carted off. Don't know what happened yet.
— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) March 11, 2014
Both teams are headed through the tunnel. No update yet on exactly what happened.
— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) March 11, 2014
[UPDATE:]
The announcers then announced the game was postponed and will be resumed at a later date.
Tonight's game vs @BlueJacketsNHL has been postponed. A decision about the remainder of the game will be made at a later date by the @NHL.
— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) March 11, 2014
#CBJ president of hockey operations John Davidson just told @FOXSportsOH that tonight’s game has been cancelled.
— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) March 11, 2014
Clarification: the game will be rescheduled for a later date. Details when we have them.
— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) March 11, 2014