A San Diego defenseman gets upended by Idaho's Shawn Wansborough during the first period of Friday's Taylor Cup Championship Final game at the Bank of America Centre. San Diego Gulls captain B.J. MacPherson is attended to by team trainer Billy Taylor after suffering a partially dislocated neck during a second-period collision. MacPherson, who was taken off the ice on a stretcher, was brought to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, where he underwent surgery late Friday. He couldn't move his arms or legs, but was conscious during testing prior to surgery. Players stretch inside one of the hallways prior to the start of Friday's Game 4.
Idaho players wait for play to resume during a stoppage in the action.
Fan Sandi Stevenson lets the referees know how she feels about their calls during the first period. A few hundred remain. The San Diego Gulls were distraught while watching their captain leave the ice on a stretcher Friday night at the Bank of America Centre. The Gulls responded with the first four goals of the game and held on for a 4-3 victory in Game 4 of the Taylor Cup Championship Finals. The teams will return to San Diego for Game 6 on Wednesday.