Montreal Canadiens rookie Emil Heineman was hit by a automobile whereas strolling downtown in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Monday.
Heineman, 23, is anticipated to overlook three to 4 weeks with an upper-body damage suffered from the incident.
The Canadiens had been on the town to play the Utah Hockey Club, who they beat 5-3 on Tuesday.
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Montreal Canadiens left wing Emil Heineman (51) seems to be on throughout warm-up earlier than the sport towards the Las Vegas Golden Knights at Bell Centre. (David Kirouac-Imagn Images)
Salt Lake City police mentioned in a information launch they obtained a 911 name round 3 p.m. Monday, and officers had been dispatched to the scene and checked the realm however couldn’t discover the pedestrian or the passerby who reported the incident.
Police mentioned officers obtained info later within the night from a close-by enterprise, which mentioned it had data seemingly related to the crash.
After discovering that Heineman was the pedestrian, police mentioned the Swedish hockey participant didn’t present any indicators of significant accidents and was being attended to by crew docs.
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Montreal Canadiens left wing Emil Heineman (51) celebrates after scoring a objective towards the Vegas Golden Knights throughout the third interval at T-Mobile Arena. (Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images)
It was not instantly clear what Heineman’s damage was.
Police recognized all events concerned and mentioned they may not launch any further particulars. The Utah Highway Patrol is investigating.
Heineman performed 4 video games final season with the Canadiens, and has develop into a daily this season, enjoying 41 video games this season.
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Montreal Canadiens left wing Emil Heineman (51) celebrates with proper wing Joel Armia (40) and defenseman David Savard (58) after scoring a objective towards the Vegas Golden Knights throughout the third interval at T-Mobile Arena. (Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images)
Heineman is third amongst rookies in targets scored with 10 this season, together with having seven assists.
The left-winger was a second-round decide by the Florida Panthers in 2020 who was traded to Calgary Flames in 2021 and to Montreal in ’22.
The Canadiens’ subsequent recreation is on the highway towards the Dallas Stars on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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