

But hockey players are way, way tougher, and don’t roll around on the ice so much.

Remember what I said about soccer players having bigger personalities than hockey players? Maybe. “End of the game, I found out it was really swollen down there.” Jesus Christ, no kidding. “Lots of pain but I played through it,” Grebeshkov told Matheson. “When we last saw Denis Grebeshkov in the National Hockey League in Nashville,” writes the Edmonton Journal’s Jim Matheson, “he was finishing a game - unbelievably, after his testicle was crushed when the Russian defender dove to block a Christian Ehrhoff blast.” Yes, that Christian Ehrhoff, who was then one of the Canucks’ top blueliners. The 29-year-old defenceman has spent the past three years in the KHL, but returns to the city where he had his most success, including a 39-point season in 2008-09. Article contentĭenis Grebeshkov is back in Edmonton. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
