Jiri Fischer Hospitalized

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Fischer hospitalized after seizure on Red Wings benchFrom staff and wire reports DETROIT — Red Wings defenseman Jiri Fischer had a seizure on the Detroit bench late in the first period of Monday night's game against the Nashville Predators and was listed in stable condition at a hospital. The game was posponed soon thereafter. Red Wings Robert Lang and Kris Draper watch as teammate Jiri Fischer receives medical attention on the Detroit bench. By Paul Sancya, AP Fischer was given CPR at the bench and a defibrillator was used before the 25-year-old native of the Czech Republic was removed on a stretcher. The game was called off with no makeup date immediately announced. Team spokesman John Hahn said Fischer was taken to Detroit Receiving Hospital and was stable, breathing on his own and responsive. "It looks like he's going to be OK," Hahn said. Play was stopped with 7:30 left in the period after the Red Wings alerted officials to a problem. Medical personnel worked on the 25-year-old Fischer at the door to the bench for several minutes before he was wheeled back toward the Red Wings dressing room. The decision was made to resurface the ice then, and the remaining time was to be added to the second period. But the game was postponed instead. No makeup date was announced, according to the Detroit Free Press By Detroit Free Press, Julian H. Gonzalez Medical personnel work on Jiri Fischer during Monday's game. Red Wings captain Steve Yzerman and forward Brendan Shanahan helped escort Fischer's fiancee across the ice to the bench area. Fischer was diagnosed with a heart abnormality in September 2002, causing him to miss two days of practice. The problem was found on an electrocardiogram as part of a routine battery of tests during the Red Wings' preseason physicals. When the result was abnormal, Fischer was given a stress test that he passed. "There is a little abnormality, but nothing that will stop me from playing," Fischer said at the time. "It's nothing that will bother me emotionally." He said that his heart essentially is a little thicker than normal. "I wasn't scared about the abnormality," Fischer said. "But I was scared about not playing hockey again. That was a shock for me."

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[Easy Mac]

Man, they didn't have to include that picture. He's insanely young, but I guess heart abnormalities don't care.

[bbor]

Horrible.

[Eaglesfan27]

The seizure in combination with cardiac trouble is very odd..

In any case, sad news.

[marshall881]

Very Sad to hear. The video of the players bringing the stretcher across the ice was one of the more disturbing sports scenes I have ever seen.

[Fidatelo]

Nothing on-ice has freaked me out since the Clint Malarchuk incident. Nothing like blood spraying everywhere to make an impression on an 11 year old kid.