During a game in Saguenay,Quebec Saturday against the Trois-Rivieres Viking, Courcelles was checked by Jean-Michel Bolduc and fell to the ice. Then Bolduc’s skate inadvertently slashed open his cheek.
At first Courcelles didn’t know how bad it was. He just knew he was bleeding. Then he heard his brother Simon Courcelles, who also plays for Isothermic, shouting at him to apply pressure and then telling someone to call 911. And because his brother also happens to be a paramedic, at that point he knew it would be bad.
WARNING: Graphic photos after the jump.
As it turned out, the gash had severed a nerve in his face, and he Courcelles would require two hours on the operating table just to get it all stitched up. And according to TVA Sports, when he saw the scar in the mirror after the operation, he turned green and nearly fainted—which is pretty understandable.
Corcelles says he plans on skating again Friday night. Told you he was tough.
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