Avalanche's Andrew Cogliano suffers fractured neck on controversial hit vs Kraken

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Colorado Avalanche winger Andrew Cogliano suffered a fractured neck and will be out indefinitely following a controversial hit from Seattle Kraken star Jordan Eberle in Game 6 of their playoff matchup.

In the second period of Game 6 on Friday night, the Avalanche were leading 3-1 when Eberle appeared to check Cogliano into the boards. Cogliano went down on the ice and later returned. Eberle was penalized for boarding but was not given a hearing for supplemental discipline.

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Andrew Cogliano of the Colorado Avalanche is tended to by medical staff against the Seattle Kraken during the second period in Game Six of the First Round of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Climate Pledge Arena on April 28, 2023, in Seattle. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

Cogliano’s injury update was first reported by the Associated Press and Sportsnet.

"I don’t like the hit," Colorado coach Jared Bednar said Sunday via The Athletic. "From 5 years old, you’re wearing stop signs on your back on every jersey. It’s numbers the whole way. He doesn’t really ease off him. There’s more than one type of suspension hit. There’s the predatory hit where the guy goes after someone from [a] distance and hits him dirty. But there’s also, in my opinion [from] watching and coaching the game … there’s also bad decisions."

"Sometimes they are split second, sometimes they take a little longer. Cale Makar for one. I don’t think he’s trying to take a run at [Jared] McCann, but the reality is he made a decision to finish him and there’s no puck there. So, it’s a suspension. … I think this [Jordan Eberle] one is the same way. His