Rangers forward Sean Avery hospitalized

Sources: Rangers star Sean Avery hospitalized

By JOHN DELLAPINA and LARRY McSHANE
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Wednesday, April 30th 2008, 11:09 AM

<!-- ARTICLE CONTENT START -->Rangers bad boy Sean Avery, unconscious and not breathing, was rushed to a Manhattan hospital Wednesday in cardiac arrest just hours after his team's playoff loss, sources said.

Avery, 28, arrived at St. Vincent's Medical Center about 3 a.m., a hospital source said. Five hours earlier, the Rangers lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins in a Stanley Cup playoff game at Madison Square Garden.

He remained in the intensive care unit this afternoon, the hospital source said.

Avery, traded to the Rangers last year from Los Angeles, lives in Manhattan. The single winger is known for dating a bevy of celebrities, including Rachel Hunter and Elisha Cuthbert.

In March, the Daily News revealed that Avery's name and private cell phone number were in a huge client database for a Manhattan prostitution ring. He was listed as a $500 client of brothel Maison de L'Amour, although he adamantly denied using the hooker service.

There was no immediate word on what happened to Avery before he was taken to the hospital. His teammates were expected at St. Vincent's this afternoon.

Last night's 5-3 loss put the Rangers behind 3-0 in their seven-game series with Pittsburgh. Avery played in last night's game and picked up an assist on the Rangers' second goal.

A source close to the team confirmed Avery had been rushed to the hospital, but declined to offer specifics.

One round earlier in the playoffs, Avery drove Devils' goalie Martin Brodeur crazy with his antics - to the point that the Devil refused to shake Avery's hand when the series ended.

His face-guarding of the goalie even led the league to institute a new penalty, quickly dubbed "The Avery Rule."

The six-year veteran, with his $1.9 million salary, came to the Rangers in a five-player February 2007 deal. In just 29 games, he led the team in penalty minutes.

The combative Canadian led the entire league in penalty minutes in the 2005-06 season.

Avery is known for his off-ice game, too, with Maxim magazine once describing No. 16 on the Rangers as No. 1 in Hollywood hookups.

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wow shocking news, hope is ok

reporting now that he walked into the hospital with a ruptured spleen....

err....

lacerated spleen

Gee, I guess the NY Daily News is nothing more than a tabloid. They even got MSNBC to bite on the story.

Updated: April 30, 2008, 1:01 PM ET

Sean Avery, seen during the Rangers' earlier playoff series with the Devils, is expected to recover fully from a ruptured spleen suffered in Tuesday's Game 3 loss to the Penguins.
GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- The New York Rangers said forward Sean Avery suffered a lacerated spleen in Tuesday night's Stanley Cup playoff game and will be lost for the remainder of the playoffs.

The team also denied a published report in the New York Daily News -- which first reported Avery's hospitalization -- that the forward had been taken to a Manhattan hospital while unconscious and in cardiac arrest.

The Rangers said Avery was admitted to St. Vincent's Medical Center following a CT scan and is expected to make a full recovery. Avery walked into the medical facility with team doctor Andrew Feldman, and the two took a car to the hospital, not an emergency vehicle, the team said.

Hours earlier, the Rangers lost 5-3 in the Stanley Cup playoffs against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Madison Square Garden. The Penguins took a 3-0 series lead with the win.

Avery suffered the injury as the result of a hit during the game, spokesman John Rosasco told reporters during the team's morning workout.

Avery's mother told the Toronto Sun that the injury occured in the first period as the result of a collision with a Penguins defenseman and that he played the remainder of the game in a great deal of pain.

Avery played 14 minutes and 34 seconds of Game 3, taking 19 shifts on the ice. He finished the game before going to hospital, according to the team. He has seven points in eight playoff games this spring.

Avery, known for getting under opponents' skin with a chippy style of play, became a lightning rod for controversy during the first round when he tried to disrupt New Jersey Devils netminder Martin Brodeur by waving his arms and stick in the netminder's face. The unorthodox method of screening prompted the NHL to impose a new rule that warned similar actions by players would result in a penalty.

same thing foppa had a few years ago...
...
somewhere brodeur is laughing