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by Alanah McGinley on 04/09/08 at 11:38 AM ET
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From Ian Winwood at The Guardian,
Brendan Shanahan tells a great story about the attitude of hockey players when it comes to the play-offs. The gritty superstar (translation: a goalscorer also capable of beating someone up) was talking about the time the Detroit Red Wings, for whom Shanahan then played, reached the Stanley Cup Finals. The year was 1998, and the Wings - who just a decade previously were dubbed ‘The Dead Things’, so awful was their play - were on their way to capturing their second consecutive championship, sweeping the Washington Capitals in four straight games. Every game was crucial; every player wanted to play.
One player in particular - Martin LaPointe, if memory serves - wanted to play very badly indeed. The physical (translation: homicidal) winger, however, was injured, and rather badly at that; the muscles in his groin were shredded like so much beef jerky.
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Right, Gilchrist is the name I remember attached to that story. And if I remember the rest of Shanahan’s story correctly — I saw him telling it on TV sometime, somewhere — Gilchrist continued getting those shots and playing until the muscle tore completely away (ouch!) and he could play no longer.
Posted by BobTheZee on 04/09/08 at 12:18 PM ET
Gilchrist? Sigh. Rest assured then: I promise I will never again cite an Ian Winwood story on KK without checking his facts. 
Argh.
Posted by Alanah McGinley from British Columbia on 04/09/08 at 03:14 PM ET
Yuppers, I hate to ruin a good story—and I think that Ian Winwood does a great job—but it was Gilchrist, and the muscles did indeed tear off Gilly’s bones eventually. He won a Stanley Cup, but he didn’t play for much longer because he lost his one asset—his speed.
Posted by George Malik from South Lyon, MI on 04/10/08 at 03:21 AM ET
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I believe the player Shanahan was referring to was Gilchrist and it was in the Conf Finals against Dallas.
Posted by DetCapC19 from Vancouver, BC on 04/09/08 at 12:00 PM ET