Hockey players are the toughest athletes in the world.
We're not afraid to say it, and if you don't agree with that statement, the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs might change your opinion.
Over the course of the NHL postseason, we've seen multiple players play through absolutely ridiculous injuries.
How these athletes play through these injuries just doesn't make sense, but it happens year in and year out and the injuries continue to remind us that hockey players are the toughest athletes in the world.
Of course, if you somehow still don't agree with that statement, here's another ridiculous injury a big name player played through recently, but it wasn't in the playoffs.
At the World Hockey Championship, Henrik Lundqvist led Sweden to gold after they beat Canada in a shootout.
Lundqvist was brilliant in the win (42 saves, no goals allowed in the shootout), but his performance was even more incredible considering what he was playing through.
The 35-year-old told Swedish publication Sport-Express that he was playing through a knee injury in the gold medal game.
Contrary to what fans may think, the injury didn't occur when William Nylander tackled Lundqvist, but it did occur before the gold medal game.
As per Sport-Express, at 11 on the Sunday, Lundqvist didn't think he could play in the game, but they did some treatment to get him ready to go.
Lundqvist admitted about halfway through the game, the pain got worse, but he battled through it to win gold.
When it was all said and done, Lundqvist said he suffered ligament damage in his knee (as per Steve Zipay, though, it was an isolated MCL sprain) and it will require 4-6 weeks of rehab, but clearly it was worth it.
(H/T: Sport-Express)
