GRAFTON, Mass. - A Grafton high school athletic trainer and a Hopedale-Milford hockey coach are being credited with saving a hockey player's life. 

Sarah Mealy is an athletic trainer at Grafton High School. She’s been there for about five years.

“I think that the attraction to this postion is you never know what you’re going to get on a given day," Mealy said.

It was especially true last Saturday at Buffone Arena in Worcester. Grafton was playing Hopedale-Milford when an accident happened.

“It seemed like time absolutely stood still," Mealy said. 

About three minutes into the game, Hopedale-Milford freshman Aiden Collins fell on the ice. His glove came off and another player skated over his wrist.

“The first thing I thought was I didn’t want to lose my arm or something much worse," Aiden Collins said. He says he started bleeding badly and that’s when his coach, Mike McQuarrie, and Mealy rushed to help.

“I’ve never seen anything like this," Mealy said. 

Mealy, McQuarrie and parents, like Donna McGee, were able to apply tourniquets to stop the bleeding.

“They saved my boy's life. I have not doubt about that," Aiden's dad, Mike Collins, said. "The amount of blood on the ice and how fast it happened was the most helpless feeling I’ve ever had in my life."

Aiden was rushed to UMass Memorial Medical Center. On Tuesday, he underwent surgery to repair multiple severed tendons and nerves. His team came to visit Aiden as he recovers at home.

“It helps let me know that people care," Aiden said. 

The Collins family says they’re thankful to all those who helped Aiden. For Mealy, hearing she helped save him is leaving her almost speechless. 

“It's hard to kind of capture it into words because to me, and not to steal from Bill Belichick, I’m just here doing my job," Mealy said.