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Nathan Horton hospitalized after hit

Updated: June 7, 2011, 9:25 AM ET
By Chris Forsberg | ESPNBoston.com

BOSTON -- Bruins forward Nathan Horton was hospitalized on Monday night after being stretchered off the ice, strapped to a backboard with his neck immobilized, following a scary hit from Vancouver's Aaron Rome with 14 minutes, 53 seconds to play in the first period of Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals on Monday at the TD Garden.

Horton, skating near the middle of the ice, fed Milan Lucic on the left side, but, with Horton's head still turned that way, Rome launched into him an instant ...

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