Olli Palola was hospitalized.
Olli Palola had a hard time. Jaakko Stenroos/All Over Press
Goalkeeper Mantas Armalis of the SHL club Leksandi received a shower command against Oskarshamn on Tuesday.
Armalis hit Oskarshamn’s Finnish striker Olli Palola with his flipper hand. Palola shoved Armalis from the equipment, after which Armalis hit Palola directly in the face from behind his own defender. The puck was already on the other side when Armalis hit Palola.
The video published by Aftonbladet shows how Palola fell to the surface of the ice as a result of the impact. Palola tried to get up from the ice on his own, but he didn’t succeed.
He finally had to be coaxed off the ice. Palola had leveled the match at 2–2 just moments before. Oskarshamn eventually lost the match 2–3.
– It was abuse. Feels bad. He is now on duty, Oskarshamn coach Martin Filander said According to Expressen.
– It doesn’t look good, Oskarshamn sports director Oscar Alsenfelt said according to SVT Barometern for OT.
Oskarshamn’s doctor Sadegh Dolatabadi according to Palola was conscious in the dressing room.
– I asked him what day it was and if he remembered anything about that situation, but he didn’t, Dolatabadi said for Aftonbladet.
Palola is playing his first season in Oskarshamn. He has cooled off in 37 regular season games with power points of 9+3=12.
Oskarshamn is a jumbo team of the SHL.