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Kings fan left bloodied, with broken nose by puck before season opener

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Oct 13, 2022 2:44 PM ET

A Los Angeles Kings season-ticket holder had literal injury added to the insult of missing Tuesday's campaign-opening 4-3 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights.

As explained by TMZ Sports and Justin Tasch of the New York Post, a Kings fan named Jeremy Aaronson attempted to attend Tuesday's contest at Crypto.com Arena along with his 11-year-old son before he took a puck to his forehead and nose while the hosts were warming up. Aaronson was transported to a local medical facility while his son stayed behind to catch the action with friends, and the victim of the sailed shot told TMZ he suffered a broken nose to go along with a cut on his forehead.

An unwanted souvenir at the @LAKings game tonight. Puck to forehead and nose during warm ups. At least I heard the goal before heading to the hospital. #GoKingsGo pic.twitter.com/NFoatKFMky
— LASportsNut (@jeremy_aaronson) October 12, 2022

Aaronson later noted that nobody within the Kings checked on him following the incident:

I knew it was gonna be bad game when I took this puck to head in warm ups and no one from the Kings Org came to check on me. pic.twitter.com/6GX6Ijbkq9
— LASportsNut (@jeremy_aaronson) October 12, 2022

Tasch reported on Thursday afternoon that a Kings spokesperson says the club "reached out to Aaronson on Wednesday" and was "able to connect with him."

It's unclear exactly what the Kings plan to do for the injured Aaronson, who lived up to a "hockey guy" status by watching a portion of Tuesday's game on his phone during the ambulance ride.

Aaronson will require additional treatment from a nose specialist once the swelling goes down.

Meanwhile, the 0-1-0 Kings will next host the 0-0-1 Seattle Kraken on Thursday evening. Perhaps Aaronson will consider wearing a face shield if he's able to attend that or future matchups.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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