Marko Dano tweets video from ambulance after taking nasty hit

By Rob Ogden

Screen_Shot_2016_02_18_at_5.02.25_PM.jpg — Marko Dano #56 of the Chicago Blackhawks skates looks on during an NHL game against the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre on December 3, 2015 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Jana Chytilova/Freestyle Photography/Getty Images)

Marko Dano wants everyone to know that he’s okay after being slammed into the board’s by Julian Melchiori during Rockford’s loss to Manitoba last night.

The IceHogs forward tweeted out this video Thursday.

Dano, who was acquired in the deal that sent Brandon Saad to Columbus, has a goal and an assist in 13 games with the Blackhawks this season.

The hit didn’t come without consequence for Melchiori, who had to face the wrath of Rockford’s Mark McNeill.

Here’s the hit that injured Marko Dano, then 7 seconds later Mark McNeill goes to work. @Blackhawk_Up @2ndCityHockey pic.twitter.com/mP8QmoKxEa — Scott Grodsky (@ScottGrodsky) February 17, 2016

Dano left the game with an “upper-body injury” and is considered day-to-day, according to WIFR’s Scott Grodsky.

The 21-year-old has four goals and 19 assists in 33 games for Rockford this season.

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