Violence sours Aulin on hockey

[Eagles_Fan_93]

Here's a very sad story, I found on Sportsnet's website.LINK<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Jared Aulin, a member of the 2002 world junior team and a Los Angeles Kings draft pick, has given up the game after an on-ice attack during a summer league game.Aulin was the victim of a vicious two-handed slash to the neck after intervening on a scrum involving a teammate, an incident that landed him in the hospital with a concussion, swollen carotid artery and a pail full of painkillers."I'm done with it, which is sad," Aulin told the Sun prior to asking police to press charges. Aulin returned to his hometown of Calgary to play summer hockey after his NHL dream was cut short by injury, hoping to play for fun once again. But what he got was an out-of-control opponent who wielded his stick like a baseball bat."It was one of those situations where you see it and blink and wonder 'did that just happen?' It was a little surreal."Kissel was the first to arrive at Aulin's side, watching helplessly as he convulsed for close to a minute. Rushed to hospital by ambulance, Aulin was told by doctors such damage to the major artery supplying blood to the brain could easily have caused a stroke."He's lucky I didn't have anything worse than that," said Aulin of his alleged assailant, who has been suspended indefinitely by the league.A father of two young boys who is active in his church and community, Risdon politely declined comment yesterday other than to say, "I hope he's OK."</div>