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Boston Bruins NESN play-by-play announcer Jack Edwards is under fire after making a questionable comment following Dallas Stars defenseman Roman Polak's scary injury Thursday night. In the second period of the Stars' 2-1 lo s to the Bruins, Polak tried to lay a check Devin Bush Jersey on Chris Wagner but ultimately went shoulder, then head-first into the boards. He would lay motionle s on the ice before eventually being stretchered off. MORE: NESN's Bruins color analyst Andy Brickley commented on the B.J. Finney Jersey collision, asking Edwards if the injury "looked self-induced" to which Edwards replied that Polak has "bad hockey karma." And here's Bruins announcer Jack Edwards casually calling Roman Polak's injury "bad hockey karma" just before he was taken off the ice on a stretcher Mark Powell (@jim_joyce_hater) Polack's agent, Allan Walsh of Friday morning in response to the comments. I have tremendous respect for the Bruin players that sent best wishes. All cla s,he said. As for Jack Edwards, to say Romans injury was bad hockey karma while he was laying Cameron Sutton Jersey on motionle s on the ice, you are truly a piece of s and an absolute disgrace. After the game, Stars general manager Jim Montgomery told reporters that Polak was using his extremities and was feeling better at the hospital. His status as of now, however, remains unclear. Edwards, 62, has been calling Boston gamessince the start of the Miles Killebrew Jersey 2005-06 season; this isn't the first time he's been under fire for controversial comments. During the2011 playoffs, he after he collided with Michael Ryder and stayed down on the ice. He also said on the play that Hamrlik "went down as if he's been shot." Additionally, during a Dan Moore Jr. Jersey 2013 Bruins' matchup against the Pittsburgh Penguins, , Sirhan Sirhan, after one of his hits ended Marc Savard's career in 2010. |
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