After the skid shock: Now Lakers forward Frk speaks: ‘I just wanted to keep my balance’

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He is depressed and can hardly talk about it, says Martin Frk as he watches the game between the Lakers and Servette from the stands. The SCRJ attacker has been suspended as a precaution and proceedings have been opened against him. The scene from the match in Lausanne that led to this is giving the Czechs a headache.

Here’s what happened: Frk misses Lawrence Pilut (27) with his check on the boards in front of the Lakers bench. The Swedish LHC defender then tries to push his opponent over the boards. “It was a frightening situation and a dangerous moment,” said Frk, who later rewatched the scene. “I didn’t know my leg went up that high and my skate was there.”

But what worries Frk the next day is that he is believed to be intentional. That he deliberately swung his leg and thus the skate so high. The 30-year-old can hardly believe it. “My only thought at that moment was to keep my balance so as not to fall over the boards,” the ex-SCB player emphasizes. “Never in my life would I want to intentionally hurt someone or hit someone with my skate.”

“You have to be careful with the runners”

Frk wants to explain himself – not defend himself. Because he is aware that it could have been worse. “I’m glad nothing worse happened.” He then asked Pilut if everything was okay, which he assured him. Frk himself is a burned child, was hit by a skate blade three times in his career and suffered cuts on his wrist and ankle. That’s why he wears cut-resistant material these days. And warns: “You have to be careful with the runners.”

SCRJ sports director Janick Steinmann also stands for his protégé: “It was an exceptional situation, you cannot assume that Martin had any intention.” Especially because Frk cannot see at all how Pilut is behind him at this moment. The reflexive outrage after this scene and the prejudice of having something dangerous in mind – both are due to the tragedy of late October. Adam Johnson (†29) has died after the Nottingham Panthers player’s neck was sliced ​​open by an opponent’s skating blade.

Source : Blick