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Yahoo
7 hours ago
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Matthew Tkachuk reveals gruesome injury he played through
It's an annual tradition in hockey: a playoff run ends, and a player reveals they were playing through a horrifying injury at the end of the year. Everyone talks "hockey culture" and "grit" and the cycle begins anew. That's the case with Matthew Tkachuk. The Florida Panthers forward who once revealed his broken sternum (!) in 2023 after a playoff loss to the Vegas Golden Knights had a serious injury that he played through in winning his second consecutive Stanley Cup. Advertisement How bad was it? As he told Darren Pang after the win -- and I'll stop here and say, WARNING: if you're grossed out by injuries, you may want to stop here -- he "tore the adductor [muscle] off the bone and had some hernia thing, all on the same side." GAH! Matthew Tkachuk celebrated the Stanley Cup as you'd expect he would Horrifying injury or not, it's time to enjoy a second straight Cup. Just wild. This article originally appeared on For The Win: Matthew Tkachuk injury after Panthers' Stanley Cup win is gruesome
USA Today
7 hours ago
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- USA Today
Matthew Tkachuk reveals gruesome injury he played through
Matthew Tkachuk reveals gruesome injury he played through It's an annual tradition in hockey: a playoff run ends, and a player reveals they were playing through a horrifying injury at the end of the year. Everyone talks "hockey culture" and "grit" and the cycle begins anew. That's the case with Matthew Tkachuk. The Florida Panthers forward who once revealed his broken sternum (!) in 2023 after a playoff loss to the Vegas Golden Knights had a serious injury that he played through in winning his second consecutive Stanley Cup. How bad was it? As he told Darren Pang after the win -- and I'll stop here and say, WARNING: if you're grossed out by injuries, you may want to stop here -- he "tore the adductor [muscle] off the bone and had some hernia thing, all on the same side." GAH! Matthew Tkachuk celebrated the Stanley Cup as you'd expect he would Horrifying injury or not, it's time to enjoy a second straight Cup. Just wild.
