Ryan Callahan, captain of the New York Rangers, scored the eventual game winner on a nice POWERPLAY! goal. On the goal, he also earned his 200th NHL point.
However, midway through the third period, a scrum broke out to the side of the Rangers net and Max Talbot dropped the gloves with Ryan Callahan. At first, it seemed idiotic for the Rangers - especially a key player - to drop the gloves and possibly give the away team some momentum. The fight lasted only a few seconds as both players fell to the ice and immediately something was wrong. The aftermath of the fight proved that it was idiotic and consequential.
To his credit, Talbot did not throw any punches when he saw that Callahan was defenseless on the ice and clearly in pain - but no point of glorifying the man since he is the one that actually started the melee. If you look at replays, you can see him throw his gloves off first and start throwing his signature punch.
From the looks of it, it seems like the injury is shoulder related. Based on my initial observations and no doctor expertise whatsoever, I will take a guess and assume that his shoulder popped out. By doing some simple research on Google, I learned that these kinds of injuries take anywhere from 2 - 6 weeks to heal. And by heal I mean that he'll be able to use his arm and function like a regular person.
The problem is Callahan is not a regular person. He is the heart and soul of the New York Rangers, he hits anything and anyone that he can, and he blocks every single shot that he is in front of. Callahan is the type of player every team would love to have. And now the only team he plays for might be missing him for a while.
Bad, bad news - even more so in a shortened season.
Lets hope for a quick recovery.
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