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Video: Jets’ Trouba stretchered off ice in second period (Updated)

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WINNIPEG, MB - OCTOBER 4: Jacob Trouba #8 of the Winnipeg Jets skates on the ice during warmup before an NHL home opener game against the Los Angeles Kings at the MTS Centre on October 4, 2013 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (Photo by Marianne Helm/Getty Images)

Marianne Helm

Winnipeg Jets rookie defenseman Jacob Trouba was taken off the ice on a stretcher after falling heavily into the boards during the second period of Friday’s game against the St. Louis Blues.

According to Jim Toth of 680 CJOB radio in Winnipeg, Trouba went in for a shoulder check and missed, his knee catching a St. Louis player, and then went into the boards face first.

According to a tweet from Scott Brown, the senior director of corporate communications for the Jets, Trouba was taken to hospital for X-rays. “He is alert, communicating, and moving all limbs.”

Update: As per Scott Brown of the Jets, Trouba has been released from hospital and more updates will be provided Saturday.

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