Lightning's Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman played hurt to win Cup
Field Level Media
14 Jul 2021, 08:19 GMT+10
In hockey, perhaps more than any other sport, the cumulative toll of injuries is part of the cost of winning a championship.
En route to winning their second straight Stanley Cup, the Tampa Bay Lightning coped with their share of injuries to some of their key players, ones that went far beyond the standard bumps and bruises.
Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois revealed to the media Tuesday that defenseman Victor Hedman played on a torn meniscus for the length of the Stanley Cup playoffs, and star winger Nikita Kucherov played the Stanley Cup Final with a broken rib.