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Wings Cap'n Nick Lidstrom takes one for the team

Let’s ask Detroit Red Wings captain Nick Lidstrom:

DETROIT — The general manager of the Detroit Red Wings says captain Nicklas Lidstrom missed the last two games of the conference finals because of surgery.

Ken Holland told The Associated Press on Sunday the operation was May 24, although he would not say what kind of surgery.

Lidstrom told the Detroit Free Press he had testicular surgery after he was speared by Chicago’s Patrick Sharp in Game 3 on May 22.

Lidstrom’s operation came on the same day the Red Wings beat the Blackhawks 6-1 in Game 4. Detroit won the Western Conference finals in Game 5.

Lidstrom returned to the ice for the Stanley Cup finals, which the Pittsburgh Penguins won in seven games.

So… Nick Lidstrom gets speared so badly that he requires “testicular surgery” and only misses 2 games.  Hockey players are tough.

DETROIT — Detroit Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom, speared in the testicles by Chicago’s Patrick Sharp during Game 3 of the Western Conference finals, said he had surgery during Game 4.

“I did skate the next day and thought it was going to get better,” Lidstrom said. “I was preparing to play (in Game 4) and have it checked out once we got back here by our doctors. Sunday morning, I was in so much pain we had to go into the hospital to see what was going on.

“I’m not angry about what happened. It was painful.”

wow. never question a hockey player’s toughness.