The hackneyed phrase about the fact that only real men play hockey is increasingly losing relevance. Referee from Canada’s Sianna Liffers at the Olympic Games in Beijing proved that not only representatives of the stronger sex can bear injuries on the ice with dignity.
The girl was hit in the face with a stick by a hockey player from the USA.
Hard incision above the lip
All the girls in women’s hockey play in helmets with masks that completely protect their face. Therefore, hockey players are not afraid of dissections, which cannot be said about referees. The judges are on the ice wearing helmets with standard polycarbonate visors, like men. The lower part of their face is unprotected.
This brought the Canadian referee Sianna Liffers in the main match of the group stage of the Olympics between the USA and Canada. There is simply no cooler and sharper in women’s hockey. From the first throw-in in the second period, less than two minutes had passed when trouble happened to the Canadian referee. Liffers was near the side and watched the fight near the gate of the Canadians.
Suddenly Liffers screamed and clutched her face. At this moment, the Canadian judge showed heroic patience. She did not stop the game because of her injury, but waited for a game reason to whistle. Only after that, she writhed in pain, slowly rolling towards the medical staff. At first, the doctors worked with Sianna on ice, but the blood did not stop. The towel applied to the face was covered in bloody traces. The referee even had to be taken to the podium.
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The American woman hit the judge in the face
Replays helped to understand exactly what happened. It turned out that the injury to the referee was caused by Amanda Kessel, the sister of Arizona star Phil Kessel. A hockey player from the USA raised her stick high, driving behind the gate, and hit the referee in the face. The feather of the stick passed right over Sianna’s lip, and the high speed of the hockey player only aggravated the injury. But Amanda didn’t even notice that, continuing to play. Despite the fact that the referee was injured due to the fault of the American, she was not even removed.
But the main thing is that Liffers showed wonders of resilience. Not only did she not cry, but she was able to return to the ice and finalize the meeting to the end. Fantastic endurance!
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Источник:news.sportbox.ru
