Linesman's neck cut by skate

Woodstock's Craig Thomson had just scored to tie the game 4-4 and during the ensuing celebration got into a fight with New Hamburg's Reid Oliver behind the Firebirds net.

The pair traded punches along the boards as Brown and Byers watched.

Thomson threw Oliver to the ice, propelling Oliver's right leg through the air like a cartwheel and slicing Brown's throat beneath the chinstrap on the right side of his face.

Brown, initially oblivious to the injury, continued to break up the fight as blood spurted from a severed artery and pooled at his skates.

When he realized the severity of what had happened, Brown, whom Byers said was from the Sebringville area, immediately placed his left hand on the gaping wound and skated to the Firebirds bench.

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