Kampfer Should Be Fine (Update)
The grammar in this Daily article is a little confusing but it does state that Kampfer has been released from the hospital and that the trip there was more out of caution than any immediate threat to his health:
Michigan sophomore defenseman Chad Langlais and freshman forward David Wohlberg helped carry Kampfer off the ice. About a half hour after the game, Kampfer was carried out of the locker room on a stretcher and still wearing his game jersey.
Michigan officials said that Kampfer was released Sunday from the hospital and he was taken to the hospital as a precaution.
So there's that, at least. He should be fine.
Update: Kampfer speaks:
“I have a strained neck right now,” Kampfer said in a phone interview with the Free Press on Sunday. “I had no relapse of what happened earlier. Hopefully, I’ll be back this weekend.”
Kampfer said he didn’t know if Tropp intentionally tried to hit him in the neck.
“It’s not like people didn’t know I had that injury,” Kampfer said. “If that was his true intention, that’s uncalled for. I don’t know what (Tropp) was thinking at the time. Obviously, I’m disappointed.”
I'm really amazed at the level of restraint Michigan's shown here: Kampfer's decision to go with "disappointed" as his emotion of choice, no mention of the incident at all in their game recap, and Red's statement that he "didn't see the incident," which yeah right. Meanwhile, MSU's official site attempts to blame Chris Summers' goal for the incident:
The game got increasingly physical and feisty as the time wore down, and it helped lead to a Michigan goal at 8:32. After Aaron Palushaj slid into Palmisano from behind and took the goalie out of the play, Chris Summers had a wide-open net into which he deposited his fourth goal of the season. The play was reviewed, but the officials allowed the goal to stand and MSU went back to work to fight back from the two-goal deficit. That did nothing but increase the level of physicality, leading to penalties in the final minutes and a pair of game disqualifications for MSU's Corey Tropp.
That's why you're Michigan State.
Also, I believe this was in the immediate aftermath of the game, before Comley had an opportunity to see the full extent of what happened (link ibid):
Michigan State coach Rick Comley said after the game that Tropp would miss two games and Conboy “will probably stay home” next weekend when the Spartans visit Lake Superior State.
If that's the full extent of the suspensions handed out by MSU, Rick Comley will be a punchline for the rest of his life.
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