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Tucson Roadrunners: Craig Cunningham expected to be discharged from hospital by Christmas

On November 19th, Tucson Roadrunners captain Craig Cunningham collapsed on the ice during pregame warmups.

Since then, he has been in the hospital, but details came out on Tuesday about the remarkable story why Cunningham is still alive more than a month later.

On Nov. 19, Tucson Roadrunners hockey captain Craig Cunningham collapsed on the ice before a game in the Tucson Arena at the Tucson Convention Center. Medics performed chest compression only CPR, the no-breaths technique developed at the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, until Cunningham arrived by ambulance at Carondelet St.