Posted on 11/05/2019 9:53:23 AM PST by Daffynition
WHEN THE PUCK finally came to rest, it was almost entirely inside Craig MacDonald's mouth. It was Dec. 21, 2007, and with 1:51 left to play, the Tampa Bay Lightning winger, working in his own zone, stepped in front of an errant, elevated slap shot that instantly cleaved a grisly, bloody and impossibly wide swath of carnage through MacDonald's lips, gums and tongue before reducing nine of his teeth to dust. [snip]
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I had never seen a hockey player, up close. The scars, stitches, butterfly bandages, missing teeth, black and blue skin patches was astounding.
Gnarly.
I guess they all wait until the end of their playing career to get new chompers. I have notices a couple of Stars that are missing their front teeth. It must have happened in practice.
I’m reminded of the Peanuts special, I forget which, where they’re ice skating, and Snoopy pulls out the hockey gear and does a routine and at the end smiles, and has some missing teeth.
I enjoyed watching the Stars back in the day, when they were actually good, but I still think it’s a shame what happened to Mike Modano. Imagine having a displaced shoulder blade for the rest of your life.
Then again, he has his millions and trophy wife to comfort him, so what do I know?
Made me cringe
Is that Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita?
Implants are all the rage.
And they can afford them, after they retire.
Yes sir.
One year when I went to renew my drivers license the guy in line ahead of me was Eddie Johnston, longtime NHL goaltender who went on to become coach and GM of the Pittsburgh Penguins. I think at the time he was working for the team as some sort of semi-retired senior advisor. I had never seen a face covered with so many scars and evidence of past stitchwork. You could really tell he had played most of his career in the days before goalies wore masks.
And they never seem to take a game off to recover.
Interesting article. I attended hockey games in college, but haven’t followed it since then, even though I live in Hurricanes territory.
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Um, I don’t think most of the missing teeth and scars are damage from pucks. Mostly due to fights. A really sickening sport in my opinion because they let the players square off- and it’s what the crowds are really there to see.
Make Hockey Violent Again! It ain’t Chess.
I prefer boxing if I’m going to watch a fight. Guys who are angry at each other should meet in the parking lot after the game.
Ick.
Did you ever see the Red Wings/Avalance brawls in the 90’s?
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