“Dirty a** player” – Fans BLAST Mark Stone as collision with Miro Heiskanen leaves Stars’ defenseman injured

Golden Knights captain Mark Stone finds himself in hot waters as he collided with Miro Heiskanen of the Stars which left him injured.

“Dirty a** player” – Fans BLAST Mark Stone as collision with Miro Heiskanen leaves Stars’ defenseman injured

Mark Stone and Miro Heiskanen (Image via X/NHL)

Vegas Golden Knights’ star Mark Stone has once again come under the spotlight. In the game against the Dallas Stars, he collided with defenseman Miro Heiskanen which left him injured on the ice field.

In the past few seasons, the rivalry between the Golden Knights and the Stars have heated up. On top of that Stone, the Golden Knights captain, has been subject to some harsh criticism from the fans for his antics on the field.

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During the Stanley Cup playoffs meeting between the two teams last season, Stone was heavily booed by the Stars fans. The 32-year-old has found himself in hot waters again after Heiskanen was forced to leave the field of play after he collided with Stone.

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The incident took place in the third period with more than 12 minutes left to play. With the Stars 3-2 down at that point, they were trying to get back on level terms.

In this, Heiskanen would skate forward from the defensive zone. Stone meanwhile seemingly got tripped by Roope Hintz. He was unable to control himself and stumbled across Heiskanen, leaving him injured. The Stars man was later helped off the ice as he exited the game.

Mark Stone was given a two-minute minor penalty for his incident. After the game, he spoke with the media and shared his perspective of the incident. He did hope that Heiskanen was alright after the collision.

I go to reach to try and angle him out, and I’m not sure who it was that tripped me and I fell forward. You never want to see guys get hurt, and I hope he’s alright. I was trying to make a play and got tripped into him

Mark Stone told the reporters after the game
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Social media reacts to Mark Stone’s collision with Miro Heiskanen

Fans on social media have been highly critical regarding the Vegas Golden Knights and Mark Stone in recent years. The team has often been accused by the fans for cheating by using the long term injured reserve (LTIR) to free up space and get trades. As a result of this, they once again came down heavily on Stone for his collision with Miro Heiskanen.

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Mark Stone and Miro Heiskanen (Image via X)

Reacting to this development on X, several fans blasted Stone for his involvement. Many demanded a suspension for him for this and called him out on X. One user angrily wrote, “Mark stone a dirty a** player” while reacting to this.

Check out some other reactions and fans perspective from X below:

Heiskanen is one of the top members of the Stars’ defensive unit. He is one of the contenders for the Norris Trophy, awarded to the best defenseman. In the 2024-25 season he has picked up 25 points with 5 goals and 20 assists.

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Despite this setback, the Stars kept on fighting and pulled level at 3-3 to take the game into overtime. Wyatt Johnston would later complete his hat trick mere 20 seconds into OT and win the game 4-3 for this team.