<p>Continuing along with Oilersnation&#8217;s top stories of 2023, at No. 13, <a href="https://oilersnation.com/news/watch-ex-oiler-jordan-eberle-answers-bell-for-hit-that-broke-the-neck-of-other-ex-oiler-andrew-cogliano">we have some violence between former Oilers teammates</a>.</p>
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<p>During Game 6 of last year&#8217;s first-round playoff series between the Seattle Kraken and Colorado Avalanche, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InR1SKo4uUk">Jordan Eberle drilled Andrew Cogliano into the boards with a hit from behind</a>. Cogliano was helped off the ice and continued to play that game, but suffered two fractures of the <a class="text-accent" href="https://denvergazette.com/sports/colorado-avalanche/andrew-cogliano-neck-fracture-kraken-eberle/article_2f5fdf4e-599a-11ee-81da-2782435960a1.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">C6 vertebra in his neck</a> and didn&#8217;t suit up in Game 7, which Seattle won by a score of 2-1.</p>
<p>When the two teams met for the first time in the 2023-24 season back in October, Eberle immediately answered the bell and dropped the gloves with Avs forward Logan O&#8217;Connor.</p>
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<p>Cogliano luckily didn&#8217;t have to undergo surgery for the injury but he did contemplate retirement during the off-season. Now 36 years old, Edmonton&#8217;s first-round pick from the 2005 draft is back on another one-year deal with the Avs, looking for the second Stanley Cup of his career.</p>
<blockquote><p>“My personality is probably not the best in terms of really evaluating what’s going on. But I didn’t feel that bad, to be honest. We did all their (medical) testing and all the testing worked. Everything looked good and I felt pretty good,” <a href="https://denvergazette.com/sports/colorado-avalanche/andrew-cogliano-neck-fracture-kraken-eberle/article_2f5fdf4e-599a-11ee-81da-2782435960a1.html">Cogliano told the Denver Gazette back in September</a>. “In the third, I noticed now I definitely felt a little something on the right side there in the back of the neck. Thinking back on it, my neck was definitely in spasm in a way. It didn’t hurt too bad. I was already dealing with a shoulder injury. So, maybe I had a lot of adrenaline and things helping me out that way.”</p>
<p>It wasn’t until that next morning, Cogliano said, that he “kind of had to peel myself off the bed. I knew something wasn’t right.” A CT scan confirmed the fractures. Cogliano sought the expertise of multiple specialists, and thankfully, did not require surgery. He rarely needed a neck brace.</p>
<p>Cogliano could easily have walked away from the NHL. His family grew in the offseason with a third child. He just escaped a neck fracture relatively unscathed after playing in 1,219 career regular season games. What’s left to prove?</p>
<p>“I still like to compete. I think it’s an honor and privilege to play on this team,” Cogliano said. “The bottom line is that (the Avalanche) wanted me. They thought I brought something to the table and they wanted me back. … I thought it would be great opportunity to come and try to win another Stanley Cup.”</p></blockquote>
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Continuing along with Oilersnation's top stories of 2023, at No. 13, <a href="https://oilersnation.com/news/watch-ex-oiler-jordan-eberle-answers-bell-for-hit-that-broke-the-neck-of-other-ex-oiler-andrew-cogliano">we have some violence between former Oilers teammates</a>.



During Game 6 of last year's first-round playoff series between the Seattle Kraken and Colorado Avalanche, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InR1SKo4uUk">Jordan Eberle drilled Andrew Cogliano into the boards with a hit from behind</a>. Cogliano was helped off the ice and continued to play that game, but suffered two fractures of the <a class="text-accent" href="https://denvergazette.com/sports/colorado-avalanche/andrew-cogliano-neck-fracture-kraken-eberle/article_2f5fdf4e-599a-11ee-81da-2782435960a1.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">C6 vertebra in his neck</a> and didn't suit up in Game 7, which Seattle won by a score of 2-1.

When the two teams met for the first time in the 2023-24 season back in October, Eberle immediately answered the bell and dropped the gloves with Avs forward Logan O'Connor.

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Cogliano luckily didn't have to undergo surgery for the injury but he did contemplate retirement during the off-season. Now 36 years old, Edmonton's first-round pick from the 2005 draft is back on another one-year deal with the Avs, looking for the second Stanley Cup of his career.
<blockquote>“My personality is probably not the best in terms of really evaluating what’s going on. But I didn’t feel that bad, to be honest. We did all their (medical) testing and all the testing worked. Everything looked good and I felt pretty good,” <a href="https://denvergazette.com/sports/colorado-avalanche/andrew-cogliano-neck-fracture-kraken-eberle/article_2f5fdf4e-599a-11ee-81da-2782435960a1.html">Cogliano told the Denver Gazette back in September</a>. “In the third, I noticed now I definitely felt a little something on the right side there in the back of the neck. Thinking back on it, my neck was definitely in spasm in a way. It didn’t hurt too bad. I was already dealing with a shoulder injury. So, maybe I had a lot of adrenaline and things helping me out that way.”

It wasn’t until that next morning, Cogliano said, that he “kind of had to peel myself off the bed. I knew something wasn’t right.” A CT scan confirmed the fractures. Cogliano sought the expertise of multiple specialists, and thankfully, did not require surgery. He rarely needed a neck brace.

Cogliano could easily have walked away from the NHL. His family grew in the offseason with a third child. He just escaped a neck fracture relatively unscathed after playing in 1,219 career regular season games. What’s left to prove?

“I still like to compete. I think it’s an honor and privilege to play on this team,” Cogliano said. “The bottom line is that (the Avalanche) wanted me. They thought I brought something to the table and they wanted me back. … I thought it would be great opportunity to come and try to win another Stanley Cup.”</blockquote>

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