New York Rangers forward Jimmy Vesey added to his hockey image this afternoon when his lip was sliced open after a scary incident with Edmonton Oilers forward Zack Kassian. Kassian fell backwards after he and the 24-year-old got tangled up and consequently kicked his opponent in the face. Vesey left for the second period but returned in the third where he played 5:12 minutes.
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Following the game, Rangers head coach Alain Vigneault said that Vesey got a couple of teeth stuck in his lip (ouch). Afterwards, Vesey did not hesitate to show everyone what his head coach was talking about on social media.
A former Hobey Baker award winner and Harvard student, Vesey doesn’t exactly personify that ‘Ivy league’ image anymore and probably wishes he was rocking his old college fish bowl right about now. Vesey, of course, is not the first player to have taken a skate to the face. Former Detroit Red Red Wings forward Drew Miller took a Mark Stone blade to the cheek in 2015, which left him with a pretty gnarly scar.
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Both players are proof that a visor can only do so much. Still, Vesey didn’t exactly look too bothered by the injury.
Guess it’s just part of the game.
(H/T SNY)
