Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave has been placed in a medically induced coma after suffering a brain bleed.
The Oilers said on their Twitter account that the brain bleed happened overnight and that Cave was in the critical care unit at Toronto’s Sunnybrook Hospital.
<a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Oilers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#Oilers</a> & <a href=”https://twitter.com/Condors?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@Condors</a> forward Colby Cave has been placed in a medically-induced coma & admitted to the critical care unit at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto after suffering a brain bleed overnight. Please keep Colby & his wife Emily in your thoughts & prayers at this time.
—@EdmontonOilers
A 25-year-old from Battleford, Sask., Cave scored once in 11 appearances with Edmonton this season.
He’s added 11 goals and 23 points in 44 games with the American Hockey League’s Bakersfield Condors.
More coming.