Penguins forward Ben Kindel hospitalized after medical episode on flight
Pittsburgh Penguins player Ben Kindel is in stable condition after a medical emergency forced his team flight to return to Salt Lake City.
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Pittsburgh Penguins player Ben Kindel was taken to hospital on Tuesday after suffering a medical episode on the team plane shortly after takeoff. Fox News, the New York Post, and the Daily Mail all reported that the plane was forced to turn around and return to Salt Lake City International Airport. [1][2][3]
The 19-year-old forward received immediate treatment on board the aircraft from team physician Dr. Dharmesh Vyas and medical staff, Fox News and the New York Post reported. An ambulance met the plane upon landing, and Kindel was transferred to the University of Utah Hospital for further evaluation. [1][2]
According to the New York Post, the Penguins stated that Kindel was conscious, alert, and in stable condition. The Daily Mail reported that the team was flying home following a four-game road trip that concluded with a game against the Utah Mammoth in Salt Lake City on Monday night. [2][3]
Kindel is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who was drafted eleventh overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2025 National Hockey League entry draft. [9]
In short
- Ben Kindel suffered a medical episode on the Pittsburgh Penguins' team flight shortly after takeoff from Salt Lake City.
- The plane turned around and an ambulance transferred Kindel to the University of Utah Hospital.
- The Pittsburgh Penguins stated that Kindel was conscious, alert, and in stable condition.
Sources
Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.
- [1]Penguins star teenager Ben Kindel has medical episode during team flight, taken to hospitalFox News, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
- [2]Penguins’ Ben Kindel has ‘medical episode’ on team flight as plane quickly returns to Salt LakeNew York Post, 5h ago
- [3]Hockey star Ben Kindel, 19, rushed to the hospital after suffering mystery medical emergency on team flightDaily Mail, 1h ago
- [4]Ben Kindel taken to hospital after medical episode on Penguins’ team planeThe New York Times, 2h ago
- [5]Kindel conscious, stable after medical episode on Penguins planeNHL.com, 5h ago
- [6]Ben Kindel suffers "medical episode" on Penguins plane, team saysCBS News, 5h ago
- [7]Penguins forward Ben Kindel receives medical care after plane returns to Salt Lake CityKUTV, 1h ago
- [8]Penguins' Ben Kindel stable after medical episode on planeSportsnet.ca, 4h ago
Background
- [9]Ben Kindel on Wikipedia
- [10]The Penguins of Madagascar season 1 on Wikipedia
- [11]Teenager seriously injured in stabbing at Manchester shopping centre car park FTMQ News, 3d ago
- [12]Eight hospitalized after severe turbulence forces emergency landing in Miami FTMQ News, 11d ago
Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 12 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.
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