Caught on tape: Hockey player jumps through glass

  Eyewitness NewsNEW JERSEY (WABC) -- A New Jersey hockey player celebrated a goal and ended up showered with broken glass.

Junior hockey player Taylor Cox scored his second goal of the game for the New Jersey Junior Titans and skated towards the wall of the rink, where he was in for quite a surprise.

As he jumped up against the boards, the glass shattered, sending him careening into the bleachers though the shards.

Cox was not injured.

After a quick replacement, the Titans went on to win their game against the New Jersey Rockets, 4-1.

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Paralyzed Rutgers player appears on SI cover

  Eyewitness NewsPARSIPPANY, N.J. -- Paralyzed Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand will be featured on the front page of Sports Illustrated's year-end issue as the 2011 Moment of the Year.

For the first time in the magazine's 57-year history, fans made the choice.

LeGrand garnered the most votes from fans in 178 countries and led more than 6,000 users to post comments on Facebook. The defensive lineman beat out soccer star Lionel Messi, surfer Kelly Slater and Yankees captain Derek Jeter.

Even New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie tweeted his support for LeGrand.

LeGrand has been undergoing rehabilitation since he was paralyzed from the neck down making a tackle in a game against Army in 2010.

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Paralyzed player tweets standing picture

  John Antalek, Eyewitness NewsNEW JERSEY (WABC) -- There's another amazing development in the recovery of Eric LeGrand, the Rutgers football player paralyzed during a game last year.

LeGrand is now standing.

He tweeted a photo with his mom, Karen, next to him.

The tweet says "Standing up little by little in therapy."

He also tweets, "standing tall, we can't fall. Standing upright again."

LeGrand was paralyzed from the neck down while making a tackle on a kickoff return in a Rutgers game against Army last October 16th.

You can follow LeGrand on Twitter @BigE52_RU.

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