the line with them and went out to the ice area and all of the hockey players surrounding him. and he was conscious and he was talking and i didn't see who it was at this point. i didn't see who it was. emt's were here within 3 or 4 minutes on the call. they checked him and doing his vital and i realized it was alan. >> what went through your head then? >> wow. it was you don't know who it is. and you know, a player is a player and you are never sure, just knowing what a great guy he is startled me. >> it is something that he has done regularly over the years playing hockey. after the emt's are are working on him tis my understanding that he was talking to people. and he even talked to his son.