NHL referee Mitch Dunning is home and expects to make a full recovery, league says

The NHL referee who was stretchered out of a game following a violent collision with Colorado defenseman Josh Manson was back home Tuesday and expected to make a full recovery. The league said that Mitch Dunning was home following a trip to the hospital for precautionary reasons after he was accidentally knocked down by Manson in the Avalanche-Flyers game. Manson skated alone on the ice Monday night when he slammed into Dunning near the blue line early in the first period.