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Goalie gushes blood after taking puck off mask (Video)
WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO THAT INVOLVES BLOOD.
Oskari Setänen, 21, is a goalie for TPS in Finland’s Liiga. In a game this week against HIFK, he made one of those Henrik Lundqvist-esque saves with the top of his mask. Play continued until the refs blew the whistle after a hand pass around Setänen’s crease.
After play was stopped, Setänen took off his mask to reveal some battle damage: a gushing wound atop his head, sending blood trickling down his face onto his jersey. He looked a bit like Ashton Kutcher if a shelf of Heinz ketchup fell on him.
He skated to the bench and was treated by trainers – including former Toronto Maple Leafs and Los Angeles Kings defenseman Aki Berg! – before going to the back. He didn’t return to the game.
Setänen felt OK after the game. Well, not completely OK – truth be told, he was a little disappointed. As Setänen told Iltasanomat:
“It would have been cooler if it would have been the face.”
We believe it was the great Shane Falco in “The Replacements” that said it best: Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory... lasts forever.”
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