{"id":312636,"date":"2026-10-23T11:20:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T11:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/312636\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T11:20:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T11:20:19","slug":"ben-kindel-collapsed-on-penguins-plane-gm-kyle-dubas-confirms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/312636\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Kindel collapsed on Penguins plane, GM Kyle Dubas confirms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792754419_569_4a0a8774-983a-4c94-a3b0-d2630c50cec6_1653489233.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Raquel Ciampi\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>PITTSBURGH \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">The Penguins&#8217; general manager said 19-year-old forward Ben Kindel collapsed on the team plane shortly after takeoff.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">GM Kyle Dubas confirmed ten minutes after the plane left from Salt Lake City to Pittsburgh on Tuesday, Kindel experienced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/vasovagal-episode-ben-kindel\/74218109\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a vasovagal episode<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Dubas said Kindel was given oxygen and regained consciousness, but the decision was made to land back in Salt Lake City, where the Pens played the Utah Mammoth on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">\u201cBen was cleared yesterday to travel back to Pittsburgh. He is back in the building for treatment and further testing today,&#8221; Dubas said.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Kindel has been placed on the injured reserve list. Dubas said the team will follow &#8220;very strict guidelines to ensure a safe return to training and play.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That\u2019s our primary goal and paramount to his future and health,&#8221; Dubas said. <\/p>\n<p>What is a vasovagal episode?<\/p>\n<p id=\"cleveland-clinic-describes-a-vasovagal-syncope-when-your-nervous-system-overreacts-and-you-pass-out-from-things-like-anxiety-exhaustion-or-seeing-needles-the-stress-of-these-types-of-reactions-can-make-your-blood-pressure-and-heart-rate-drop-too-much-vasovagal-syncope-is-the-most-common-type-of-reflex-syncope\" class=\"body-text\" data-node-id=\"6\">Cleveland Clinic describes a vasovagal syncope as when your nervous system overreacts, and you pass out from things like anxiety, exhaustion or seeing needles. <\/p>\n<p id=\"cleveland-clinic-describes-a-vasovagal-syncope-when-your-nervous-system-overreacts-and-you-pass-out-from-things-like-anxiety-exhaustion-or-seeing-needles-the-stress-of-these-types-of-reactions-can-make-your-blood-pressure-and-heart-rate-drop-too-much-vasovagal-syncope-is-the-most-common-type-of-reflex-syncope\" class=\"body-text\" data-node-id=\"7\">Doctors say the stress of these types of reactions can make your blood pressure and heart rate drop too much. Vasovagal syncope is the most common type of reflex syncope.<\/p>\n<p id=\"cleveland-clinic-describes-a-vasovagal-syncope-when-your-nervous-system-overreacts-and-you-pass-out-from-things-like-anxiety-exhaustion-or-seeing-needles-the-stress-of-these-types-of-reactions-can-make-your-blood-pressure-and-heart-rate-drop-too-much-vasovagal-syncope-is-the-most-common-type-of-reflex-syncope\" data-node-id=\"8\">Syncope is the medical term for fainting or passing out. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 The Penguins&#8217; general manager said 19-year-old forward Ben Kindel collapsed on the team plane shortly after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[21136,1064,127766,127767,127770,127777,127778,127771,127768,37581,127769,127772,73,75,74,127776,70277,127774,2482,127773,127775],"class_list":["post-312636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-anxiety","tag-ben-kindel","tag-ben-kindel-team-plane","tag-collapse-of-kindel","tag-dubas","tag-exhaustion","tag-further-testing-today","tag-gm-kyle-dubas","tag-kindel-back-in-pittsburgh","tag-needle","tag-penguins-penguins-plane-collapse","tag-penguins-plane","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-reflex-syncope","tag-salt-lake-city","tag-team-plane","tag-type","tag-vasovagal-episode","tag-vasovagal-syncope"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}