«No. 12 does CPR. On screen, the motions look smooth, fluid. He pushes down and lets up on my chest over and over, rapidly, pivoting on his knees, skates lifting off the ice each time he compresses my rubber sternum.
A man in street clothes runs across the ice and helps with my resuscitation.»
To his astonishment, Peter was able to witness the incident as it was captured on video. Watching the playback, he observed how a player from the opposing team, sporting No. 12 in pink, skated towards him and checked his carotid pulse just 25 seconds after his collapse.