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can i ask why he is going to the hospital if NHL goalie's never get hurt (bad enough to warrant going to the hospital b/c of taking a shot to the head)?

they get the same protective equipment.

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Because most nhl goalies are smart enough to duck if Al got a 20ft wind up slap shot.
The equipment isn't designed to protect from that shot. It just doesn't happen during regular play.
A 100+ mph slapshot to the head would probably knock him out cold and give him a concussion.

Goalies have been knocked out of games by slapshots. Al broke one goalies rib with a shot. He also shot a puck through the webbing of a glove, breaking the goalies hand.