NHL referee Justin Kea was in the wrong place on Sunday afternoon at the wrong time, was in the fire line when a puck came to him and the civil servant hit the Lies directly.
Towards the end of the Western Conference collision between the Vancouver Canucks and the Utah Hockey Club was when the incident took place.
Alexander Kerfoot from Utah tried to remove the puck from the defensive zone of his team, because the Canucks had an empty net and lets the game try to bind with their opponents.
Kerfoot tried to get the puck away from Vancouver's Conor Garland. In the line of the clearance, Kea stood in the fast -moving game, while he brought the rubber to his masculinity.
Kea immediately turned around and the game was stopped when medical staff took care of him.
After a few minutes on the ice, Kea rose again and finished the last 84 seconds of the game.
NHL referee Justin Kea was at the wrong time in the wrong place on Sunday afternoon
Kea was hit in De Lies with a puck at high speed and immediately went to the ice
Kea undoubtedly tried to avoid the game, especially in a critical moment. He was not successful during the third period of Sunday. He probably wore a kind of athletic supporter to minimize the damage.
Utah beat the Canucks 2-1, the same score when Kea was hit in the family jewels.
Kea was promoted to a full-time referee for the first time before the start of this NHL season.
Before he was a referee, he was selected in the third round of the NHL design of 2012 by the Buffalo Sabres.
Kea spent time in the American Hockey League and East Coast Hockey League in his five -year professional gaming career.
In 2021, Kea was hired an NHL referee contract from the Minor League referee and has since risen the hockey ladder.
