That's Got to Hurt

If Alexander Ovechkin isn't running over you, he is disfiguring your body.  Just ask Matt Hendricks.  He was at practice not anywhere near the net when Ovie fired off one of his patented blasts that careened around the boards.  The end result of the shot was this:

Seriously, that cannot feel good.  As bad as these are and assuming they are not career/life threatening, I get a kick out of this stuff.  I talked about Darryl Boyce slicing part of his nose off last season, Taylor Hall takes a skate to the face and Hendricks gets his ear sliced.  All injuries were repaired in the locker room.  Hall was riding a stationary bike after taking 30 stitches to prepare for the game after the warm-up injury.  He wanted to play but they could not get the bleeding to stop and his helmet would not fit on his ballooning head.

Hendricks didn't miss a game.  Just another casual hockey injury.  No big deal.  Stitch is up and get back out there.