by Zack Cox on Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 2:42PM 2,321 Share this: Patrice Bergeron has played in two Stanley Cup Finals. One ended with him and his Boston Bruins teammates hoisting the greatest trophy in sports. The other ended in excruciating pain. After the Chicago Blackhawks eliminated the Bruins in six games in the 2013 Cup Final, it was revealed that Bergeron had played the deciding game with cracked ribs, torn cartilage and a punctured lung suffered in Game 5, plus a separated shoulder sustained during the first period of Game 6. He logged 17:45 of ice time in the loss, then wound up in the hospital. With the Bruins set to return to the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in two
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Former Racing Champion Who Lost Both Legs In Crash Wins Paralympic Gold
Share this: Alex Zanardi got out of his hand-cycle in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday knowing he had won his fourth medal at Paralympic Games. But 15 years ago, many wondered if he’d make it out of the hospital — alive. Zanardi was nearly killed in a crash at EuroSpeedway Lausitz on Sept. 15, 2001. The 49-year-old was a decorated racer, having won back-to-back CART championships from 1997 to 1998. Zanardi needed to have both of his legs amputated as a result of the crash. Viewer discretion is advised. [embedded content] But Zanardi wasn’t going to let his near-death experience stop him from maintaining his championship-winning reputation. He went to the Paralympic Games in London in 2012, and won two golds and a silver. With a
Shawn Thornton Brings Stanley Cup ‘Home’ by Taking Cup Through Boston to Children’s Hospital, Fenway Park
Shawn Thornton laid out the blueprint for how to spend a perfect day with the Stanley Cup on Tuesday afternoon when he brought the most treasured trophy in sports around Boston. The Bruins enforcer did it all on Tuesday. He brought the Cup to some of his favorite Charlestown food joints and pubs. Fittingly, he also took it to Children's Hospital, where he helped brighten the days of perhaps the only people better at fighting than Thornton. He then even got some time in atop the Green Monster at Fenway Park with the Cup. See more from Thornton's day with the Stanley Cup in the video above from NESN Daily.