Denver– Kings Interim coach DJ Smith immediately bowed after a glass broke behind the bench and fell on him during Game 2 of the team’s first-round playoff series against Los Angeles. colorado avalanche On Tuesday night.
this happened right after quinton byfield The penalty shot was stopped by the Avalanche goaltender. Scott Wedgwood 16:48 left in the second period. As the fans began banging the glass in excitement, the glass began to shake and then broke, with pieces falling upon Smith. He covered his head and then cleaned the glass from his suit before walking down the tunnel to the locker room. He returned after a few minutes.
Avalanche cleanup crews brought out shovels and buckets to clean up pieces from the LA bench. The Kings players huddled on the ice as they waited for the new panels to arrive and be installed.
avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog Told ESPN that he had never seen anything like this happen before.
“When Veggie made the save, there was a lot of noise and the fans got really excited,” he said.
There was a delay of 19 minutes between the penalty being saved and the game resuming. The score was 0-0 when play was stopped.
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.
