A former member of the Battlefords North Stars is recovering in an Edmonton hospital after a scary situation over the weekend.
Nick Fountain, who played with the team for two seasons and has spent the last three years with the Red Deer College Kings, suffered an arteriovenous malformation hemorrhage Friday night while playing in a rec hockey tournament in Edmonton.
Fountain was then rushed to the nearby University of Alberta hospital where he underwent emergency neurosurgery to stop the bleeding.
The surgery was deemed to be a success, with Fountain currenly under sedation as doctors check on the swelling around his brain.
Fountain, who is 23 years of age and calls Wainwright, Alta. home, spend the last three seasons with the Kings program and had 19 points in 71 games.
He suited up for the North Stars from 2013 to 2015 and had 53 points in 103 games.
