Terrible news for injured NHL veteran Derick Brassard.

On Thursday night, longtime National Hockey League veteran Derick Brassard suffered an ugly looking injury when he went down during a game between the Ottawa Senators and the Philadelphia Flyers.

Brassard appeared to suffer a nasty ankle injury as his foot and ankle bent back the wrong way during a scoring chance for the veteran forward, and unfortunately the updates on his status may be even worse than the initial images of the incident would have led you to believe.

On Saturday, Ottawa Senators insider Bruce Garrioch was able to confirm that Brassard would not play again this season due to the serious ankle injury he suffered, but even worse than that the insider raised the possibility of this being a career-ending type of injury for Brassard.

From Garrioch:

In the case of the 35-year-old Brassard, not only may his season be over, but there’s also a chance that could have been the final shift of his National Hockey League career.

Brassard has played all across the National Hockey League during his career including stints with the Columbus Blue Jackets, New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Florida Panthers, Colorado Avalanche, New York Islanders, Arizona Coyotes, Philadelphia Flyers, Edmonton Oilers, and of course the aforementioned Ottawa Senators. As a result he has amassed a huge following of fans from around the league, all of whom will no doubt be devastated by this latest update on the health of the 35 year old veteran centerman.

Update: Brassard has now undergone surgery and is confirmed to have broken his fibula.

At this point we can only hope for the best, and hopefully that means we will get to see Brassard healthy once again and back playing the sport that he loves.