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Colorado Avalanche forward Darcy Tucker has been released from the hospital Saturday, a day after suffering a concussion when he was checked into the boards by Carolina forward Tuomo Ruutu.
Tucker, second on the team with four goals this season, will be out indefinitely, a team spokesman said.
Ruutu hit Tucker from behind as the right wing tried to play the puck in the Hurricanes' end with 14:34 left in the second period.
Tucker's face hit the glass and he fell to the ice on his back unconscious.
Team doctors and trainers put a neck brace on Tucker, who lay motionless for several minutes, and strapped him to a backboard before moving him off the ice and taking him to the hospital.
Ruutu was suspended three games by the NHL on Saturday.
Tucker, second on the team with four goals this season, will be out indefinitely, a team spokesman said.
Ruutu hit Tucker from behind as the right wing tried to play the puck in the Hurricanes' end with 14:34 left in the second period.
Tucker's face hit the glass and he fell to the ice on his back unconscious.
Team doctors and trainers put a neck brace on Tucker, who lay motionless for several minutes, and strapped him to a backboard before moving him off the ice and taking him to the hospital.
Ruutu was suspended three games by the NHL on Saturday.
