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Blue Jackets' Artem Anisimov released from hospital

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Team doctors and emergency personnel tend to Columbus Blue Jackets center Artem Anisimov, of Russia, during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Detroit Red Wings in Detroit, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013.
  • Blue Jackets center was taken off ice on stretcher after collision behind net
  • He will see team doctors at some point
  • Red Wings%27 Kyle Quincey also was hurt in collision

DETROIT (AP) — Columbus Blue Jackets center Artem Anisimov has been released from a Detroit hospital after a scary hit in a game with the Red Wings on Thursday night.

Team spokesman Todd Sharrock confirmed on Friday that Anisimov is flying home to Columbus along with assistant athletic trainer Nates Goto.

"He will see our team doctors at some point, but I don't know if that will be today," Sharrock said.

Anisimov was skating toward the back of Detroit's net alongside Red Wings defenseman Ian White when Anisimov lost his balance. As he was falling, Detroit's Kyle Quincey also fell to the ice and his elbow came down on the head of Anisimov.

Quincey skated off the ice after the collision and went to Detroit's dressing room with an injured left leg. He's day-to-day.

The medical staff for both teams helped put Anisimov on a backboard before he was taken off the ice. The Joe Louis Arena crowd was quiet while Anisimov was carefully being prepared to be put on a stretcher. Anisimov was cheered when he was wheeled off the ice.

Anisimov has four goals and six points in 15 games this season, his first with the Blue Jackets. He averaged 36 points the previous three seasons with the New York Rangers.

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