Russian machine never breaks, but it does leak human blood sometimes.
Saturday, during Russia’s 3-1 win against Latvia, Alex Ovechkin was struck in the face by a broken stick.
Ovechkin showed off the war wounds the following day during Russia’s 3-0 win over Switzerland.
NHL officials have swallowed their whistle midway through Game Seven. Brooks Orpik got horse-collared to the ice and there was no call. Late in the second period, Nick Jensen was high-sticked in the face by Warren Foegele.
Jensen was captured on the bench bleeding from the face like he got in a samurai sword fight – a clear four-minute double minor for high-sticking. Nothing was called.
The first period of Game Seven was wild. It featured an Alex Ovechkin goal on the first shift. Then we got the full Tom Wilson experience at the tail end of the stanza.
During an Ovechkin chance in front of the net, a scrum broke out between the Capitals and Bolts. That seemed normal. Well, that is until Evgeny Kuznetsov started getting undressed by Braydon Coburn.
Tom Wilson is a warrior. After taking a puck to the face in the second period, the burly forward returned for the beginning of the third.
Wilson took the opening faceoff and showed off a souvenir right above the bridge of his nose.
In 2013, the NHL introduced a rule that made helmet visors mandatory for all new players coming into the league. NHL officials would also begin accessing minor penalties to players who take off their helmets during fights. But, in a dangerous sport like hockey, those rules don’t universally prevent head injuries. And on Saturday night, a visor caused an even worse injury during a fight.
During the Tampa Bay Lightning’s game against the New Jersey Devils, Andrej Sustr’s visor broke in half after being punched in the face by Miles Wood.
Sustr was lucky to not receive any serious damage to his eye, but left the arena with over 15 stitches.
By Cara Bahniuk 1 year ago
Midway through the second period of Saturday’s Capitals-Wild game, Washington captain and leading goal-scorer Alex Ovechkin went down face first on the ice in a pool of blood after taking a puck to the face.
By Chris Gordon 2 years ago
A week ago, handsome human Tom Wilson looked like he was starring in a slasher film after getting cut open during a fight. Now it’s babyface TJ Oshie who is bleeding.
Alex Ovechkin notched his 17th career hat trick, TJ Oshie scored twice (including the game-winning goal), and Braden Holtby joined a great (and Evgeni Nabokov) in the history books. But it was Tom Wilson who made national headlines for pulling a Matt Bradley.
The notoriously and aggressively handsome enforcer went from a GQ model to looking like the star of a gory slasher film after fighting Wild forward Chris Stewart.
Before Wednesday’s game, Jason Chimera, a man with a bunch of pride and a terrible possession score, reportedly said to Pierre McGuire that he doesn’t consider himself a fourth line player. He deserved more minutes, according to Pierre’s telling.
After Wednesday night, it’s hard to argue with him. Chimera scored the game’s only goal: a bizarre deflection in front of the net. And he played much of the game while bleeding from the face.
Washington Capitals rookie forward Tom Wilson nearly scored his second career goal in the first period of Friday’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs. That’s progress, sure, but since Willy Baby couldn’t get his name on the scoresheet, he had to find another way to be remembered: his repeated facepunching of Carter Ashton.
This 32-second skirmish, the ninth of Wilson’s season, left both combatants hurting from blows to the body and head. Wilson cut the knuckles on his left hand after hitting Ashton’s helmet.
Warning: There will be blood.
