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In the days leading up to the first ever Outdoor Women’s Classic, Denna Laing was tweeting photos of herself decked out in hockey gear as a child and enthusiastically counting down the moments till the big game.

“Is it even possible to sleep on Winter Classic eve?!” she wrote the night before the event on Dec. 31, which was part of the NHL’s 2016 Winter Classic festivities.

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A week after the inaugural women’s outdoor game, Laing of the Boston Pride remains in hospital after a scary crash saw her go headfirst into the boards, according to a GoFundMe page that has since been taken down. The Associated Press confirmed she remained in hospital, citing an anonymous source who was familiar with the situation.

Toward the end of the first of two 15-minute periods between the NWHL’s Pride and CWHL’s Montreal Les Canadiennes, the 24-year-old forward stepped on a stick and fell into the boards at Gillette Stadium. After being tended to by medical staff, she was taken off the ice on a stretcher.

She was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital following the incident, but no further update on her condition has been released. The family has requested privacy, according to NWHL spokesperson Jake Duhaime.

On Tuesday, a GoFundMe campaign was set up to help raise $50,000 to assist her family with medical expenses, “along with any other expenses that we can help her family with during this hard time,” a message on the fund’s website read.

However by Wednesday evening, the fund, which according to NWHL writer Kaitlin Cimini was set up by a family friend, had been closed. According to a statement posted on the page, the family requested the fund be discontinued.

“There will be other trust funds set up to support Denna,” the statement read.