Post by raven on Apr 2, 2015 20:10:20 GMT
Drew Miller went from petrified to practicing in 16 hours.
Like a typical hockey player, the Detroit Red Wings forward was back at work today, his face protected by a cage, his desire to contribute greater than the fear he had felt the night before, when a fluke event sent him fleeing off the ice wondering whether he'd lost his right eye.
"I feel very blessed the skate didn't hit my eye," Miller said. "Very lucky."
Miller bore the visual after-effects of being struck by skate of Ottawa Senators forward Mark Stone in the opening minutes of the game. Miller needed 50-60 stitches, in varying layers of his lacerated skin, and has a scar that runs like a lightning strike from the inner corner of right eyelash across his cheekbone. His right orbital bone is swollen and purple.
Like a typical hockey player, the Detroit Red Wings forward was back at work today, his face protected by a cage, his desire to contribute greater than the fear he had felt the night before, when a fluke event sent him fleeing off the ice wondering whether he'd lost his right eye.
"I feel very blessed the skate didn't hit my eye," Miller said. "Very lucky."
Miller bore the visual after-effects of being struck by skate of Ottawa Senators forward Mark Stone in the opening minutes of the game. Miller needed 50-60 stitches, in varying layers of his lacerated skin, and has a scar that runs like a lightning strike from the inner corner of right eyelash across his cheekbone. His right orbital bone is swollen and purple.
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