South Boston's Chris Rooney avoided a major injury after the longtime NHL ref took a stick to the face on Sunday.

The game was stopped for several minutes and a stretcher was brought onto the ice, but Rooney skated off with some assistance.

Game 7 between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers took a scary turn early in the second period when referee Chris Rooney took an errant stick in the face. A bloody Rooney then exited the game with medical trainers tending to him.