A frightening situation following a Quinnipiac University hockey game turned heroic.

Had Dr. David Wang, the QU team physician, not stopped to speak with two former hockey players, he said he may have left the TD Bank Sports Center before a 19-year-old freshman had a medical emergency.

“Suddenly, someone comes running down the halls saying they need help, they need a medic, is exactly what they said,” Wang told NBC Connecticut in an exclusive interview, recalling what happened after last Tuesday’s game.

Wang rushed over to find the QU student laying on her back and looking extremely pale.

“Then we find out she really doesn’t have a pulse and she’s really not breathing and we have to act at that point in time,” said Wang, who is the sports medicine lead at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.

Another student, seeing the seriousness of the situation, quickly retrieved an Automatic Defibrillator.

“We did the CPR and then we finally got the AED hooked up and it did have to shock her, and actually had to shock her twice,” Wang said.

While treating the patient, Wang said he thought of her parents and his own daughter, who is a high school senior.

“The first couple months of college do you want that phone call? So I said to myself we cannot let this happen, it just cannot happen,” he said.

By the time the ambulance arrived to transport her to the ICU at Yale-New Haven Hospital, Wang said she had a pulse.

“So the fact that she’s alive and well is amazing and all I want to sort of complete the picture is to see her awake opposed to the way I saw her, give her a hug and say you’re amazing,” Wang said.

NBC Connecticut spoke with the student’s mother. She said her daughter is home resting. She added the family is very grateful and would like the chance to thank Wang in person.