During a hockey game, Josh Anderson delivered a heavy hit on Erik Cernak behind the net, prompting Luke Glendening to fight Anderson. Cernak was slow to get up and received medical attention. Both Cernak and Haydn Fleury sustained injuries and were unable to continue playing. The Tampa Bay Lightning were left with only four defensemen for a significant portion of the game. The team later announced that Cernak is day-to-day with an upper-body injury, while Fleury is week-to-week with an upper-body injury.
Going into tonight’s game in Winnipeg, #GoBolts D Erik Cernak is day-to-day with an upper-body injury & D Haydn Fleury is week-to-week with an upper-body injury, team announces.
Injury update from the #Bolts: Erik Cernak is day-to-day (upper-body) and Haydn Fleury is week-to-week (upper-body).
more injury updates: Cernak is day to day with an upper body injury and Fleury is week to week with an upper body injury
Cooper didn't have much of an update on Erik Cernak or Haydn Fleury, but it sounds like Fleury may be missing more time than Cernak.
Jon Cooper on if he can update us on the status of Erik Cernak and Haydn Fleury: "Not so much on Erik right now but I think Fleurs might be a little bit longer. It was a tough end to the year on the injury front"
Don't see Cernak or Fleury to start the third. Looks like the #Bolts are going to roll with four D-men on the second end of a back-to-back. Third period underway.
The #GoBolts have been w/o Erik Cernak since he took that hit from Anderson at the 4:07 mark in the second. Haydn Fleury, who also took a hard hit in the period, hasn't skated since 9:32 left in the second period, so the #TBLightning were down to 4 D for nearly half of the 2nd.
Anderson puts a big hit on Cernak behind the net, which prompts Glendening to go after Anderson and drop gloves. Cernak has his bell rung, was slow to get up as head athletic training Tom Mulligan attended to him. #gobolts
Anderson hits Cernak behind the #Bolts net and Glendening goes after Anderson immediately ... Cernak walks down the #Bolts tunnel
Josh Andewrson just leveled Cerernak behind the net, Glendening immediately went after him . . . meanwhile Cernak is still down on the ice behind the Tampa Bay net
Glendening and Anderson drop the gloves after a really heavy hit on Cernak, who is very slowly trying to get to his feet, but is still down.