NHL Player scores with his head, gets stitches, scores again

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January 13, 2019, 01:30 AM

Sgt Neutron

NHL Player scores with his head, gets stitches, scores again

Conor Garland catches a slapshot to the head to deflect a goal in, gets stitches in the locker room, returns to the game, scores another goal. NFL player would go to a little blue tent on the sidelines, sit out 6 weeks.

Added. Another video showing that he was hit pretty good. Warning: Shows some blood on the ice:

January 13, 2019, 01:48 AM

Orguss

That's using his head.

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January 13, 2019, 03:37 AM

John Steed

That made me think of Jeremy Roenick. When he played for Chicago, he had to leave the ice due to having some teeth knocked out. He came back (after a shot of Novocain, I think) and scored the winning goal!

January 13, 2019, 05:29 AM

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Rubber bullets can be dangerous at close range...

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January 13, 2019, 08:35 AM

comet24

The cross-check knocked his helmet loose. It was high on his head or it likely would have helped some. Still would have felt it but likely may not have cut him.

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January 13, 2019, 08:42 AM

tatortodd

quote:
Originally posted by Sgt Neutron:
Conor Garland catches a slapshot to the head to deflect a goal in, gets stitches in the locker room, returns to the game, scores another goal. NFL player would go to a little blue tent on the sidelines, sit out 6 weeks.

Impressive, but your description is factually inaccurate. The goal that caused his injury was a wrist shot not a slap shot.

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January 13, 2019, 10:15 AM

ridgerat

Garland was one of our favorite players for the Tucson Roadrunners (the AHL affiliate of the Coyotes). Plays hard all the time....glad to see him make the NHL.

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January 13, 2019, 10:30 AM

mutedblade

Cool video that shows the toughness these guys possess. Not to derail the thread, but I wanted to present another (NSFW) video that highlights some of the differences between....Rugby & Soccer

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January 13, 2019, 11:53 AM

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How about a NSFW warning on ^^^^^^^

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January 13, 2019, 12:20 PM

Pipe Smoker

I can remember when NHL goalies played without a mask. Ouch. Hard to imagine… They had lots of stitches, but few teeth.

January 13, 2019, 01:48 PM

Haveme1or2

I'm friends with a young guy that is already retired from professional hockey.
Multiple concussions. He became addicted to pain meds which they stopped giving him. He turned to Herron .... Finally clean and putting his life back together. Coaches kids hockey now.
A great guy. Has a great future ahead of him.

January 13, 2019, 10:32 PM

SigSauerP226

That's pretty cool for him, was the 3rd goal the game winner? Looks like he's on a nice little run, 6 goals in his last 4 games.

ETA: Looked it up and it he scores the game winner, awesome!

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