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The Quiet Room: Blake Geoffrion

Posted by Jo Innes under AHL, AHL Hockey, Big Hits, Cringe-Worthy, Montreal Canadiens, NHL Injuries, The Quiet Room on Mar 13, 2013

Editor’s note: this post originally ran after Blake Geoffrion’s injury on Nov. 10th, 2012 – we’ve republished it today for those who want to know more about what happened to the former Hobey Baker winner, given the bad news – today he told the Montreal Canadiens he plans to retire from professional hockey.

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Update on the update: John Glennon reports that Geoffrion has yet to officially retire.

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November 12th, 2012

Hockey fans filled the Bell Centre last night, eager to see Montreal’s AHL affiliated Hamilton Bulldogs take on the East Division-leading Syracuse crunch. A massive JP Côté hit on Hamilton’s Blake Geoffrion ended with Geoffrion skating off clutching his bleeding face, and later heading to a Montreal hospital for surgical repair of a skull fracture.

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The Quiet Room: Broken faces and how to fix them

Posted by Jo Innes under Badasses, Cringe-Worthy, Injuries, NHL Injuries, The Quiet Room on Feb 06, 2013

Todd Fedoruk, all-time facial fracture champion.

 

Your face is made up of fourteen bones, just about all of which will break when met with a swift hockey puck (or fist, or stick, or ice). Not all facial fractures need surgery, but when they do they can lead to impressive postoperative CT scans, learning to be okay with a visor, and a new style of play.

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The Power of Positive Thinking

Posted by Ellen Etchingham under Cringe-Worthy, Gabriel Landeskog on Jan 30, 2013

 

Gabriel Landeskog, line dancing.

Last Saturday, after taking a very large shoulder from a very large Shark directly to the head, Gabriel Landeskog- youngest captain in the NHL and the next great hope of the Colorado Avalanche- went into a quiet room somewhere in the bowels of the Pepsi Center for concussion testing. Fifteen minutes later he came out again.

No one but Landeskog and the doctor who treated him knows what happened in that room, but we all know what happened after: he came back out and finished the game, in fact playing almost the exact same amount of minutes he’d played in every game before. We also all know that Monday, two days after the hit, the Avs announced he would not be playing in the next game. Leg injury. And, oh yeah, head injury too.

So, reading between the lines (it ain’t hard, there’s enough space between those lines to write the Bible and then some), Landeskog was cleared to play despite having possible/probable concussion. This isn’t an uncommon thing in the modern NHL. Just off the top of my head, I can think of four players- Armstrong, Letang, Peckham, and Crosby- who’ve taken hits, played, and then been pulled later for concussion symptoms. This is not an Avs problem, this is an NHL concussion policy problem.

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The NHLPA is trying to relate to fans and nobody should be swayed by it

Posted by Chris Lund under Cringe-Worthy, Don Fehr, NHLPA on Sep 24, 2012

Alright folks, I give up. This will be the last I touch these NHL/NHLPA shenanigans because I have come to grips with the utter insanity this league, this lockout and its half-witted constituents feed. I’ve hit my breaking point, and it came courtesy of one Donald Fehr this morning with this gem of a forthcoming soundbyte.
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A reminder that the 2013 All-Star Game is in Columbus, and they don’t have any

Posted by Justin Bourne under Cringe-Worthy on Jul 30, 2012

Yesterday the Columbus Blue Jackets beat writer Aaron Portzline took a page out of Elliotte Friedman’s book and posted a version of “30 Thoughts,” called “61 Thoughts,” entirely on Rick Nash and his departure. It’s fantastic.

Later in the day I’ll be doing a “Thoughts on Thoughts” piece that sifts through it, but for now, I wanted to start with something he mentioned that’s been on my mind ever since I heard that Nash wanted out of Dodge: who in blue hell is going to represent Columbus at the 2013 All-Star Game that’s…in Columbus? (Fittingly, players refer to playing in Columbus as “Blue Hell.”)

Their roster actually isn’t all that bad, they’re just devoid of a first line (not a small problem, I suppose). I mean, beyond not having any true top-end talent, I’d go as far as to say I think it’s a pretty decent group. But the All-Star Game is solely about top-end talent, and they have none. And when the game is in your barn, you gotta have someone. Read the rest of this entry »

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Peter Forsberg: Spleen not required.

Posted by Jo Innes under Cringe-Worthy, NHL Injuries, The Quiet Room on Jul 25, 2012

Spleen? Nah. Overrated.

Peter Forsberg finished his NHL career with the Calder, Hart and Ross trophies, two Stanley Cups, three all-star nods (four if you count the rookie team), two well-used feet, and no spleen. While it’s difficult to maintain an NHL career with feet that won’t bear your weight, you can do fine without a spleen, as Forsberg found out halfway through the 2001 playoffs.

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The Quiet Room: McIlrath Dislocates Kneecap, Grosses Everyone Out.

Posted by Jo Innes under Cringe-Worthy, NHL Injuries, The Quiet Room on Jul 11, 2012

Just when you thought draft photos couldn't get any worse, this happened.

 

Rangers’ development camp didn’t go as planned for prospect Dylan McIlrath, as he suffered an injury that’s on the OH CRAP end of the hurt spectrum. It’s one of those things that results in horrified facial expressions and a cold sweat in people who’ve experienced it. It doesn’t sound like much, but it’s an unforgettable and truly disgusting experience. What Dylan McIlrath did was dislocate his kneecap.

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