Referee Injured After Brutal Collision With Leafs’ David Clarkson (Video)

Dean Morton had a tough day at the office Friday night.

The NHL referee was working a game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Columbus Blue Jackets when he got caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. The result was an ugly spill on the ice.

Morton was in the corner in a vulnerable position when the Leafs forward came barreling toward him. Clarkson had fallen to the ice where he went crashing into the official, taking out Morton’s legs and sending him crashing to the ice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRIQ2RrViyE

Morton left the game and didn’t return after the scary incident.

Globe and Mail reporter James Mirtle provided some context, which seems to indicate the fall was even worse than it looked for Morton — and that’s saying a lot.

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There’s no update on Morton’s injury at the time.