Vincent Trocheck reveals terrifying Rangers injury…
Vincent Trocheck’s early-season absence was a lot more than a simple upper-body injury.
The Rangers heart revealed during Friday’s breakup day that he was hospitalized with viral bacteria in his lung.
“I thought I was just having back spasms, and then I played the first game,” he told reporters. “Got a little bit worse. Played in Buffalo. I got a cross check right in that area, and whatever fluid was in there it’s like bubbles, and I guess the bubble burst and it spread. So then it just got a lot worse. I had a lot of fluid around my lung, so I had to have surgery to get the fluid removed.”
Vincent Trocheck #16 of the New York Rangers skates for possession against Tomas Nosek #92 of the Florida Panthers. NHLI via Getty Images
His week-long hospital keep concerned chest tubes and some critical worry.
“It was very scary,” he said. “I thought I was dying.”
The 32-year-old missed 15 video games battling the illness, returning on Nov. 10 for a recreation against the Predators — in which he tallied a pair of assists.
He recuperated effectively enough to contribute to the US’ gold medal Olympic effort in Italy, where he was half of a standout American penalty kill unit.
Despite being a fixed subject of commerce rumors as the Rangers’ season went off the rails, Trocheck post 16 targets and 37 assists in 67 video games.
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