A Ruptured Testicle for Hockey player, Patrick Thoresen

Posted on Saturday, April 12th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Filed under: The Sports Rant
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You too would get a ruptured testicle if you took a hockey puck to the nuts. This happened to Patrick Thoresen on April 11th as the Philadelphia Flyers were facing the Washington Capitals in an NHL game. Poor Patrick Thoresen suffered a ruptured testicle after this hit. Talk about taking one for the team…

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The game took a solemn moment when the Flyers left wing Patrick Thoresen, took a shot in the groin and had to be helped off the ice, taken to hospital for tests there is the possibility that one of his testicles will have to be removed, such was the force of the shot that he blocked with six minutes to go in the game.
-HockeyNation

Best wishes and get well soon to Flyer forward Patrick Thoresen, who gave new meaning to ?taking one for the team? last night, when he blocked a Mike Green drive by taking the puck to the groin. This is a hard enough way to make a living without having to risk permanent injury. Whatever jersey a player wears, one has to respect the desire to make a play that would lead a player to give himself up in that fashion. Get well soon, Patrick.
-The Peerless Prognosticator

To us it looked as if Patrick Thoresen took the Green slapshot in the man region. If that?s the case, we tip our hat to the guy who is spending the night in the hospital. Sure, he plays for the other team but the Brotherhood does not like to see its members take blows like that in the man region.
-Bleatings from a Caps Nut