That, quite naturally, led to a post from Spittin Chiclets about the missing chiclets:
“I used to take the chin guard out of my helmet so I could talk better and breathe better, and I didn’t think anything bad would happen but then one day, Ryan Pulock took a one timer hit me right in the mouth, and I was picking my teeth up,” Blackwood said.
Puluck, a New York Islanders defenseman, has a slap shot that has clocked in at 102.73 miles per hour in a game, according to NHL EDGE statistics, which might help explain how Blackwood lost so many of his front teeth. But the idea of goalies losing teeth — both in the NHL and lower levels — isn’t nearly as rare as Bissonnette implied with his question.
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Chicklits cost 3000.00 dollars to replace in the U.S. Well thats my INS anyway