Hockey announcer confronted by raucous fan, hit with chair during live broadcast

The Abbotsford Canucks' success in a decisive Championship of the second-round American Hockey League's Calder Cup playoff series against the Colorado Eagles was marred by a chair-throwing situation Before the Canucks celebrated a - win and a spot in the Western Conference Finals a rowdy fan got into a heated exchange with the team's Brandon Astle during the live broadcast of the matchup The Canucks are the Vancouver Canucks' minor league affiliate while the Eagles serve as the developmental affiliate of the NHL's Colorado Avalanche CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMAbbotsford held a - lead in the semifinal series when a noticeable noise appeared to briefly distract Astle The broadcaster revealed that the noise was the end of a fan throwing a chair which ultimately struck him in the leg Got chosen yahoo chirping at me from behind Get out of here What was he doing Assurance Try that again Astle disclosed ISLANDERS MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER TO MISS THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON AFTER SHOVING REFEREE INTO THE BOARDS I m fired up He threw my chair at me hit me right in the back of the leg Like what was he doing here Unreal Have another beer the broadcaster added After the match Astle took to his social media platform to offer an apology for his handling of the situation I could have handled this better but was in shock fired up as you can tell as that has never happened to me before I know that one yahoo does not reflect the Eagles organization or their fans apparently was detected and kicked out he wrote on X The Canucks will meet the Texas Stars in the conference finals The winner will advance to the Calder Cup Finals Event of the series begins on May Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter