You need a black man to get you interested in hockey? What's up with that?
Mats Sundin took a puck in the face a week or two ago, lost 4 front teeth I believe, had to have 3 root canals, damage to his gums, was 10 hours in the dentist chair the next day.. It also split his top lip from the bottom of his nose down, into two seperate pieces. He got stitched up, missed 1 game, and was back for for the first game of the playoffs.
Tonight (3rd game of the series) after the 2nd period he took off the protective guard that he had been wearing and started to play without it.
He doesn't do it because he's getting paid $9.5m a year, he does it because he loves hockey and wants to play.