By Jonathan Charlton
jonathan@peicanada.com

Shawinigan Cataractes defenceman Brandon Gormley is taking it day by day as to whether he’ll be able to play in his team’s next QMJHL game Wednesday.
Brandon is recovering from a cut to his neck delivered by an errant skate during a game Saturday night.
With 15 seconds left and the Cataractes net empty, Brandon dove at the opposing Saint John Sea Dogs goal line to stop an empty net goal.
“I was a bit behind him and dove and hit his stick ... when I went down he kind of went down with me and his skate caught me in the neck.
“I was able to skate off the ice as soon as it happened and they were able to put pressure on it right away.”
The skate caught him above his neck guard. The gash was about two to three inches long and his jugular vein was exposed, but not damaged.
At the time, Brandon’s parents, who were watching the game from their Murray River home, didn’t know what had happened.
“I knew he got hit with something and the camera went off him, so we didn’t realize it was anything like this,” his dad Darren said.
Ten minutes after the game, the Cataractes assistant general manger said Brandon had been taken to hospital but wasn’t in any danger.
“He assured us it was more of a precautionary thing,” Darren said.
By the time Brandon got to hospital the bleeding had stopped and he required two stitches and a fair amount of tape, though he didn’t have to stay there all night.
“I’m doing a lot better,” Brandon told The Graphic Monday. “It was scary for a bit, and thankfully it wasn’t too serious.”