Infamous NHL grinder Claude Lemieux had a brother Jocelyn who played for the Chicago Blackhawks for several years. He took a skate to the face during a game and needed 120 stitches to fix the carnage. He came back out for the next period and finished the game.
Yup. Rick MacLeish was the accidental recipient of Marcel Dionne’s skate blade across the throat supposedly less than an inch from the jugular. I believe he received 85-to-90 stitches. He played the next week.