Intoxicated woman found when team checked on Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin, transported to hospital

DENVER (KDVR) -- A Colorado Avalanche team doctor called an ambulance for a woman found "highly intoxicated" when employees were checking on forward Valeri Nichushkin on Saturday in Seattle, a police report shows. Nichushkin missed Game 3 of the Stanley Cup playoffs that night and has been away from the team since the incident.

FOX31 obtained police records from the Seattle Police Department describing the woman in the back of an ambulance at the Four Seasons Hotel. Police were called to the scene just before 3:45 p.m.

The report said team doctor Bradley Changstrom told police the woman was found by team employees when they were checking on Nichushkin.

Changstrom told police he called 911 because he believed the woman was too intoxicated to take care of herself and unable to take a ride-share on her own. The report said Changstrom told police the woman hit him, but he did not file charges.

A Denver Police Department officer traveling with the team said "there were no reports of any criminal interactions."

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