VIDEO: Islanders' Hickey suffers significant cut after taking skate blade to mouth
Tom Szczerbowski / USA TODAY Sports
The New York Islanders' medical staff was put to work Tuesday night after defenseman Thomas Hickey was clipped in the mouth with a skate blade.
Asked someone how many stitches Thomas Hickey needed to close skate cut under mouth. "Too many to count."
— Arthur Staple (@StapeNewsday) October 22, 2014
Here's a video of the incident. If you're squeamish, take a pass.
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