Close X
Sunday, January 12, 2025
ADVT 
National

Month-Old Baby Hit By Puck Tossed By P.K. Subban Following Open Practice Released From Hospital

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 23 Feb, 2016 11:39 AM
    MONTREAL — A baby struck in the head by a puck star defenceman P.K. Subban tossed into the stands following the Montreal Canadiens annual open practice was released from hospital Monday.
     
    The one-month-old girl's mother, Valerie Meloche, said on Facebook her daughter suffered a concussion when hit by the puck Sunday. Canadiens players tossed them into the crowd following the practice.
     
    "Unfortunately, one of the fans who received a puck from P.K. Subban was just a month old and she stopped it with her head," Meloche wrote.
     
    Baby Beatrice was taken to the Montreal Children's Hospital and kept overnight.
     
    A team representative met with the family and invited Meloche, her husband and their four children to watch a future game at the Bell Centre in a private suite.
     
    A spokesman said Subban also wanted to meet the family.
     
     

    Je demande votre aide! Aujourd'hui nous étions à la pratique Provigo des Canadiens de Montréal, au Centre Bell. À la fin...

    Posted by Valérie Meloche Maquilleuse on Sunday, 21 February 2016
    "Everyone, starting with (owner) Geoff Molson, was really touched by the story," spokesman Donald Beauchamp said.
     
    The annual practice, which is free of charge, draws a full house of mainly children and parents. When it's over, players flip pucks into the seats for the kids.
     
    After games, any Canadien named as first star also tosses three pucks into the crowd.
     
    Beauchamp said that practice is now under review.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Machete-Attack Hero Describes Eastern College Classroom Battle: 'He Was Swinging To Kill'

    Machete-Attack Hero Describes Eastern College Classroom Battle: 'He Was Swinging To Kill'
    James Raoul was among about 15 students in an Eastern College criminology class around 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 20, 2014, when fellow student Luke Powers arrived late.  

    Machete-Attack Hero Describes Eastern College Classroom Battle: 'He Was Swinging To Kill'

    Phone Scammers Offering Fake English Lessons Swindle Syrian Refugees In New Brunswick

    Phone Scammers Offering Fake English Lessons Swindle Syrian Refugees In New Brunswick
     A family of Syrian refugees in New Brunswick has lost about $400 after falling prey to a phone scam offering lessons to teach the English language.

    Phone Scammers Offering Fake English Lessons Swindle Syrian Refugees In New Brunswick

    No Plans To Undo Conservative Cuts To Military Spending, Says Harjit Sajjan

    Sajjan was reacting to a fresh batch of numbers detailing spending cuts from four years ago, released today by the Liberal government in response to a long-standing and disputed request by the parliamentary budget office.  

    No Plans To Undo Conservative Cuts To Military Spending, Says Harjit Sajjan

    Agriculture Canada's Annual Outlook Sees Farm Income Growing To Record Levels

    Agriculture Canada's Annual Outlook Sees Farm Income Growing To Record Levels
    The department says in its annual farm outlook that net cash income in 2015 reached $15 billion, an estimated six per cent increase over 2014.

    Agriculture Canada's Annual Outlook Sees Farm Income Growing To Record Levels

    Outcry, No Charges 19 Months After 'Horrifying' Animal-Cruelty Video From Chilliwack Dairy Farm

    Outcry, No Charges 19 Months After 'Horrifying' Animal-Cruelty Video From Chilliwack Dairy Farm
    In June 2014, the B.C. SPCA recommended animal-cruelty charges against Chilliwack Cattle Sales after receiving graphic video of cows being kicked, punched and beaten with rods.

    Outcry, No Charges 19 Months After 'Horrifying' Animal-Cruelty Video From Chilliwack Dairy Farm

    Pivot Legal Seeks United Nations Committee Support For Homeless Rights

    Pivot Legal Seeks United Nations Committee Support For Homeless Rights
    Pivot lawyer DJ Larkin will speak before the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday. 

    Pivot Legal Seeks United Nations Committee Support For Homeless Rights