Athens, Ont. junior jockey player suffers ‘potentially life changing’ injury after hit from behind
Mac Spinelli, a junior hockey player in Athens, Ont., has suffered what the team is calling a “potentially life changing” injury, after being hit from behind during a playoff game on Feb. 27.
“Mac was checked from behind by an opposing player and crashed violently into the boards, fracturing two vertebrae in his neck along with a concussion,” the Athens Aeros said in a social media post.
The Aeros, part of the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League, were in Smiths Falls for Game 3 of their series, when Spinelli was hit from behind.
The team made the post about the 19-year-old defenseman on Friday, 3 days after the injury occurred.
The Aeros were eliminated from the EOJHL playoffs that night.
Athens is located approximately 120 kilometres southwest of Ottawa.
More details to come.
on Tuesday night in Smiths Falls where Mac was checked from behind by an opposing player and crashed violently into the boards fracturing two vertebrates in his neck along with a concussion.
We wish Mac and the Spinelli’s all the best during the road to a full and speedy
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— x – Athens Aeros (@athens_aeros) March 3, 2024
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