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“I feel good today, feel way better,” Holloway
said. “As soon as I got hit, I knew something was a little off,
but then I saw we got a two on one, so I couldn’t pass up that
opportunity. But as soon as I got to the bench, I was feeling a
little woozy, and then I didn’t really remember much from there
until I was on the stretcher close to the ambulance.”
Play had been stopped with 1:11 remaining in the first period
for a high-sticking penalty that was later overturned when
medical personnel for both teams started tending to Holloway
before he was taken off the ice.
“I was more kind of in shock, like I wasn’t really too sure what
happened and a little nauseous too,” Holloway said. “They gave
me a little medication, and once I kind of figured out what
really went down, I started kind of calming down and feeling
better.”
Holloway was discharged from a St. Louis area hospital around 11
p.m. Tuesday and was told to abstain from physical activity for
24 hours.
Blues coach Drew Bannister said there's a chance Holloway
returns to the lineup in time for the team’s next game Thursday
night versus Utah.
“I don’t want to get too far ahead of ourselves here. We’re only
less than 12 hours away from what that injury was, so we’ll kind
of take it day to day with him and see how he’s doing tomorrow,
but today is a good day for us.”
Holloway’s parents, Bruce and Torrie, were in attendance at the
game and accompanied him to the hospital.
“It’s definitely tough knowing that they were watching that,”
Holloway said. “But, ultimately, having them there is way
better. They’re staying with me, so I was able to talk with them
last night, and it’s nice having some company around for sure.”
Holloway said he was getting score updates from his mom as the
Blues rallied back from a 1-0 deficit to beat Tampa Bay 3-2.
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