 March 8, 2010 -- Boston Bruins center Marc Savard was diagnosed with a grade two concussion Monday and is out indefinitely after being leveled by a blindside hit in Sunday's game.
Savard suffered a head injury after being checked -- shoulder to head -- by Pittsburgh's Matt Cooke with 5:37 remaining versus Pittsburgh. There is currently no timetable for his return to the ice.
"He's OK to fly, so he went back to Boston from Pittsburgh today," Chiarelli said. "He told me he is very tired and still has a really bad headache."
A team spokesman also said that Savard had returned on Monday to Boston, where he met with team doctor Peter Asnis and the specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital. The team said they will continue to evaluate Savard over the next four to five days.
The Boston Herald caught up with Savard before his trip and he echoed similar sentiments. "I'm just really tired right now," Savard told the Boston Herald on Monday morning in Pittsburgh. "[I have] headaches. My head's been pounding all morning. I just want to get back to Boston and get in my bed. I'll see our own doctors today, then I'll get some rest and we'll take it from there."
"I don't even remember taking the shot," he told the Herald. "I remember generally most of the game, but up around that point I totally don't remember any of it."
Savard, who said he watched a replay of the hit, was told he had lost consciousness for about 15-20 seconds.
The hit to the Bruins' best playmaker brings memories to fans of Patrice Bergeron. On October 27, 2007, Bergeron was hit from behind by Philadelphia Flyers defenceman Randy Jones, in the deep corner of the rink, his head slamming hard into the boards. He was knocked unconscious and lay motionless on the ice for a few minutes before being wheeled off on a stretcher and was also taken to Massachusetts General Hospital.
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