By Mike Genet
The Examiner

In the midst of completing a first-round playoff sweep of Evansville on Monday night, the Missouri Mavericks nearly suffered a crushing loss.

Dave Pszenyczny, the sixth-year pro who was nominated for Most Outstanding Defenseman in the Central Hockey League, left game four minutes in the second period with a nasty cut on his arm, his team leading 2-0 at the time, but returned before the end of the period to help preserve the Mavericks’ 3-1 victory.

“It was a pretty bad cut, but he was able to get it stitched up,” Mavericks coach Scott Hillman said. “I don’t know how many stitches it was. Our doctors did a great job.”

Pszenyczny declined a postgame interview, as a team spokesman said he was “not feeling well at all” and was receiving further treatment. He also took a rough check into the boards near the Mavs’ goal early in the first period, a hit he disliked enough that he subsequently voiced his displeasure with the offending Evansville player more than halfway up the ice.

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