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In Saturday's 5-4 loss to the Capitals, the Flyers' Patrick Thoresen attempted to block a shot with his body and ended up getting drilled with the puck. But, unlike the thousands of other times this occurs during a hockey season, Thoresen got hit with the puck right in the peach basket, which dented his "protective" cup and left severe bruising. It was tough to tell what happened to him at the time. He was just rolling around on the ice, like a grapeshot moose, but it seemed fairly typical at the time. It turns out the blow was powerful enough to leave severe bruising and almost resulted in the removal of his right testicle. He's fine now — just icing it up every day and surprisingly willing to sacrifice his body again. More »
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