That occurred again, before he was escorted to the bench, by two of his teammates. Liambas rose to his feet following the collision, only to crumple back to the ice. “He thought I was going to finish my check, which is fair, so he raised his arms, catching me square on the chin.” “When I reached out with my stick, I left my face exposed,” he continues, getting out of his chair, to demonstrate what he understands to have occurred.

“I’m only telling you what I’ve been told, or what I know from watching the video, because not only don’t I remember getting hit, I don’t recall that day’s morning skate, putting on my equipment, taking warm-ups… zilch,” says Liambas, who, during his professional career, spent 10 seasons bouncing around the International, East Coast and American hockey leagues, in addition to having “a cup of coffee” in the NHL, where he dressed for one game with the Nashville Predators and seven with the Anaheim Ducks. (Dave Chidley / The Canadian Press files) Liambas played with the Toronto Maple Leafs in a rookie tournament in 2010. Liambas thrust his stick out, in an attempt to block or deflect his opponent’s pass, at which point his world changed, in a heartbeat. This article was published (194 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.ĭuring his first shift of an American Hockey League game between the Iowa Wild and the Grand Rapids Griffins on March 11, 2020, Wild forward Mike Liambas was skating toward a Griffins player preparing to fire the puck into the Wild zone. Free Press 101: How we practise journalism.

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