Referee Suffers Broken Arm After Getting Destroyed By Player On The Boards

A wild scene occurred during a 5th-tier Swedish Hockey game that is going viral online. During the game, a player dumped the puck into the corner. As the defenseman turned to go for the puck, the player stopped and bailed on going into the corner. The defenseman, turning the opposite way, missed this, and mistook the referee for the player.

He then laid a massive hit on the unsuspecting referee, which left the referee injured on the ice and then sent to the hospital as the hit broke his arm.

The player made a statement after the game which clarified his intentions on the play. He claimed that the incident was an accident, that he mistook the referee for his opponent, and was already following through on the hit once he realized his mistake. However, he did take the opportunity to call out the referee for being in the way of the play the entire game.

There was no penalty called on the play, surprisingly, and no details on whether or not the player will be punished have been released. Hopefully, the referee will make a speedy recovery.

As seen on Blade of Steel - "Player breaks a referee's arm and claims It aas an accident"