Stars defenseman Roman Polak went down on the ice in a heap Thursday night against the Boston Bruins after an awkward crash into the boards at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.

Polak was chasing the puck into the corner, with Bruins winger Chris Wagner a step ahead of him. It appeared that Polak was preparing for a check against the boards, but Wagner spun out of it just in time, leaving Polak’s head and neck vulnerable to a hard hit on the wall.

While the crowd fell silent, the Bruins’ broadcast team did not.

“That looked self-induced, didn’t it?,” NESN color commentator Andy Brickley said right after Polak went down.

“Has a little bit of bad hockey karma,” play-by-play announcer Jack Edwards replied.

That did not sit well with Polak’s agent, who ripped Edwards on Twitter.

“I have tremendous respect for the Bruin players that sent best wishes. All class,” Allan Walsh wrote. “As for Jack Edwards, to say Roman’s injury was “bad hockey karma” while he was laying on motionless on the ice, you are truly a piece of s–t and an absolute disgrace.”

The Stars’ medical staff quickly tended to Polak, who was stretchered off the ice and taken to a local hospital. Stars coach Jim Montgomery told reporters after the game that Polak had full use of his extremities.

On Friday, Edwards was asked about his call by the Boston Globe.

“I stand by my real-time call,” he said, “And I think Brick nailed it when he said Polak’s injury was ‘self-induced.'”