Recreational league player narrowly avoids being crushed by falling HVAC equipment

B/R Open Ice's Jonny Lazarus shared a video this week that was submitted to him via Twitter, in which a falling HVAC system nearly crushed a rec league defenseman as he skated backward into his own defensive zone.

Anyone who has been inside of an arena knows how high the vaulted ceilings are. An HVAC system falling from that height could have caused some very serious damage to a human body - even one wearing a helmet and other protective hockey equipment. While nobody was hurt in the incident, it was very, very close to a different outcome.

I'm sure these players are counting their blessings. After all, the last thing anyone is thinking about when playing recreational hockey is falling HVAC systems.