NHL referee Chris Rooney is hoping to renew duties through the Stanley Cup playoffs after taking a excessive persist with the attention in Recreation 7 of the second-round Japanese Convention playoff sequence between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers on Sunday night time.
Rooney was left with a black eye however no lasting injury, sources confirmed to ESPN on Monday. TSN was first to report information on Rooney’s standing a day after the sport.
The veteran official was injured 13 seconds into the second interval of Sunday’s recreation when Panthers’ defenseman Niko Mikkola caught him with the top of his stick whereas battling for a puck. Rooney was down on the ice earlier than being tended to by trainers from each groups.
A stretcher was introduced out, however the bloodied official was capable of depart the ice below his personal energy. Rooney obtained stitches for his harm and was dominated out for the remainder of the sport. He was changed by Garrett Rank, who was on standby in case a state of affairs like Rooney’s occurred.
The East finals start Tuesday when the Carolina Hurricanes host the Panthers.
