SCARY SCENE: Pittsburgh Penguins prospect taken off by stretcher and in intensive care

Hockey is a physical game, and as a fan, we all love fights and big hits. The physicality in hockey can change the outcome and course of a game and while sometimes it's for the better, sometimes it's also for the worse as well. Yesterday during a game in the KHL between SKA-Neva and Dynamo, a big hit injured a Pittsburgh Penguins prospect.

Kirill Tankov who is a Penguins draft pick from 2021, where he was selected in the 7th round, was taken off the ice on a stretcher, after being hit from behind by Artyom Maltsev.

Scary. Watching SKA-Neva's game right now, Penguins prospect Kirill Tankov (seventh round, 2021) just went headfirst into the boards and had to be stretchered off the ice. pic.twitter.com/zIFoXZ324y� Taylor Haase (@TaylorHaasePGH) September 5, 2022

The Dynamo player who hit Tankov from behind was Artyom Maltsev, he just got tossed from the game.

Will keep an eye out for any kind of an update on Tankov afterward.� Taylor Haase (@TaylorHaasePGH) September 5, 2022

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