Joe Kinsey
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If you thought Winnipeg Jets defenseman Tucker Poolman was done after taking a puck to the face and leaving a trail of blood during Game 3 of the Jets first-round playoff game against Calgary, you’d be mistaken. I’m not a hockey guy, but it looked like a wrister off the stick of Mikael Backlund that caught Tucker right in the face and opened him up pretty good.
But Tucker’s a real hockey guy and he’s not going to let a face shot take him out. And he’s for sure not going to the hospital because it’s outside the NHL bubble and who knows what happens when one of these guys tries to get back from a hospital visit. Tucker’s not finding out because there he was at the start of the third period on the bench wearing a cage and sporting a swole face.
Hockey guy tough.
The Flames went on to win 6-2 and took a 2-1 lead in the series. Game 4 is Thursday.
#GoJetsGo Tucker Poolman catches the puck in the face after going for this block. pic.twitter.com/qNHvliKagR
— Here's Your Replay ⬇️ (@TheReplayGuy) August 4, 2020
Jets defender Tucker Poolman blocks a shot with the side of his head and exits with an injury, leaving a trail of blood in his wake. pic.twitter.com/aXyNwYyAjC
— Thomas Drance (@ThomasDrance) August 4, 2020
#GoJetsGo Tucker Poolman back on the bench sporting some new equipment pic.twitter.com/c8FNblCkUv
— Here's Your Replay ⬇️ (@TheReplayGuy) August 5, 2020
