NHL-Lindros in Hospital With Another Possible Head Injury PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Just one game after Philadelphia Flyers star Eric Lindros made an impressive return from multiple concussions, the big All-Star center was sent to the hospital with another possible head injury Friday. Less than eight minutes into Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals, Lindros was clobbered by New Jersey defenseman Scott Stevens, who delivered a thunderous open-ice check that knocked the former Flyers captain out of the game. Team officials did not say if he suffered another concussion but Lindros was taken to Pennsylvania Hospital and was to be kept there overnight for observation. After being cleared to play by Chicago head injury specialist Dr James Kelly, Lindros returned to the Flyers lineup for Game 6 on Wednesday. He had not played since March 12 due to the effects of a serious concussion, but Lindros had three solid scoring chances in Wednesday's 2-1 loss, including producing Philadelphia's lone goal. However, the 27-year-old six-time All-Star managed to avoid physical punishment in that game and the question remained: How well could he withstand a big hit when it came? It came Friday and the answer was not the one Lindros or the Flyers were hoping for. As he skated with the puck across the blue line with his head down, the huge hitting Stevens slammed his shoulder into Lindros's jaw, sending him sprawling, and as he went down he smacked his head against the ice. ``Stevens is probably the best at timing and coming across the middle and hitting guys when they are vulnerable,'' said Eric Desjardins, who became the Flyers captain when Lindros was stripped of his captaincy during his long absence. ``It's sad to see Eric get hurt again. He played in Game 6 and was fine.'' Lindros lay dazed and motionless before he was helped off the ice by teammates. It was later reported that he was able to walk under his own power on his way out of the arena. It was the second stunning check of the series by Stevens, who knocked Flyers center Daymond Langkow out with a concussion in Game 2 on a similar open-ice check. Langkow missed the next two games. ``I felt really bad. I had trouble playing the game after that to be honest,'' Stevens, the Devils captain, said of the hit on Lindros. ``I hate to see that happen. I'm just delighted that we won the game but I feel bad.'' Although it looked as if the 6-4 (1.93 m), 238-pound (106 kg) Lindros had been run over by a truck, NHL officials determined that Stevens had delivered a legal, if devastating, check. ``It was a clean hit, `` said Wally Harris, NHL Supervisor of Officials. ``(Lindros) put his head down and didn't know Stevens was coming. We looked at it (video replay) over twenty times. It was OK.'' Before his return, there had been speculation that Lindros had played his final game in a Philadelphia uniform. He has been engaged in a bitter feud with Flyers president Bob Clarke and his contract expires at the end of the season. He would become a restricted free agent July 1 and many expected that the Flyers would look to trade Lindros. If this injury turns out to be his sixth concussion in two years, it remains to be seen whether Lindros has played his last game in any uniform. ``Lindros showed a lot of guts in coming back,'' said tough New Jersey veteran Claude Lemieux. ``Maybe he should not have played, but regardless he tried and we wish him the best.'' Added Lemieux: ``Eric is a big man and hopefully he can recover from this and move on with his career.''