The National Hockey League (NHL) group Pittsburgh Penguins revealed that their center Ben Kindel suffered a medical episode aboard a flight while he was flying out of Salt Lake City in Utah on Tuesday afternoon.
The Pittsburgh Penguins stated in a declaration that Kindel is steady after a”medical episode” on the team plane and has been hospitalized. He was attended to by the team medical staff who was also on the plane as the plane made an emergency landing at Salt Lake City from where it had departed after a game. An ambulance was waiting for the 19-year-old at the airport which took him to the hospital for treatment, the team said.
“Ben is mindful, alert and in steady condition,” the team said in a statement. The team added that the team physician, Dr. Dharmesh Vyas of UPMC before the plane could land and he could undergo further evaluation.
“The health and safety of out players, as well as the privacy of their families, are out top priority. The team will provide more updates when appropriate.”
The team described what happened to Ben Kindel as only as “medical episode.” No further details about the condition that Kindel suffered were released.
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According to Pittsburgh Hockey Now, the Pittsburgh Penguins team was scheduled to practice in Pittsburgh on Wednesday at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry.
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The Athletic reported pointing out a group source who spoke on the condition of privacy that Penguins front workplace and the training personnel will stay in Salt Lake City with Kindel. It includes that the group was kept back in Utah for a number of hours after the medical episode and left around 5:30 pm ET Tuesday.
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The report validated that Pittsburgh Penguin’s President of Hockey Operations orgasm General Manager Kyle Dubas and Assistant General Manager Jason Spezza were likewise on the group airplane when Kindel’s medical episode took place. They will likewise remain back with him at Utah in the meantime.
In the 2026-27 NHL season, Ben Kindel has actually played 9 video games for the Penguins, tape-recording 2 objectives and 2 helps (4 points).
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