Colorado Avalanche coach suffers facial fractures after being hit with a puck - BERITAJA

The Colorado Avalanche's caput coach will not recreation pinch the squad this week owed to sustaining injuries aft being deed pinch a puck during a crippled complete the weekend.

Coach Jared Bednar will enactment astatine location arsenic the squad travels for 2 of its past regular play games successful Canada, according to a connection from the team. Bednar was diagnosed pinch facial fractures and a corneal scraping but is expected to make a afloat betterment without surgery.

During Saturday night's crippled against the Las Vegas Knights, a stray puck hit by Knights defenseman Keegan Kolesar went complete the boards and into the Avalanches' bench. Bednar was struck connected the correct broadside of his look by the puck and taken to the infirmary to beryllium evaluated.

Assistant coach Nolan Pratt, who stepped successful aft Bednar near during the game, told reporters aft Saturday night's crippled that the deed was "unnerving."

"It's scary erstwhile the pucks are flying successful there, it happens each the time," Pratt said, adding that it was "unfortunate tonight."

But the squad recalibrated and returned to play, Pratt said.

The squad mislaid successful overtime against the Knights, but the Avalanche has already secured its playoff spot.

Pratt and chap adjunct coach Dave Hakstol will lead the Avalanche successful the Monday nighttime crippled against the Edmonton Oilers and Tuesday’s crippled against the Calgary Flames. The squad will return to Denver's Ball Arena for its last location crippled earlier playoffs connected Thursday.