May 20 (UPI) --Referee Chris Rooney, who was hit in the face with a hockey stick during the Florida ... Panthers rally past Hurricanes, reach 3rd-straight Stanley Cup Final May 29 (UPI) -- The ...

but his stick connected with Pronger's stick and the blade shot straight up into the defenseman's face. Pronger screamed in agony and instantly clutched his face. Hunched over, he skated straight ...

The scary moment took place early in the second period on Sunday when Rooney took an errant stick in the face from Panthers defenseman Niko Mikkola, who was trying to move the puck up the boards.