Many hockey players have suffered serious injuries, and New York Rangers forward Barclay Goodrow's certainly falls into that category.
During the Rangers' 6-2 loss to the Senators on Dec. 5 in Ottawa, the former San Jose Sharks took a puck right in the face. Such mishaps happen frequently when practicing this sport and usually result in the affected skaters losing a few teeth.
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However, this is absolutely not the case in the Goodrow case. He didn't lose any teeth, but in response to what came out of his mouth after the incident, the winger shared some pretty revealing details. He said it was instead “a part of his mouth that was supposed to still be in his mouth” that ended up on the Canadian Tire Center rink.
“It’s scary,” he said in an op-ed in the New York Post newspaper on Tuesday. […] My mouth felt like it had broken into a million pieces. I feel better now. It was hard to miss a game but it was good to be back in the last game [contre les Kings de Los Angeles].”
In fact, Goodrow missed the game against the Washington Capitals on Saturday, but was back in action on Sunday against the Kings. Despite everything, he has to get used to a different diet as the doctors have told him that he will no longer be able to eat solid food for a month.
“I'm just trying to figure out how to get protein and everything else I need in a form other than solid,” Goodrow said.
This season, the 30-year-old has one goal and two assists in 25 games.