[News] Wings' Miller OK after getting face sliced by skate

[Mattman]

Detroit Red Wings forward Drew Miller rushed off the ice minutes into Tuesday's game against the Ottawa Senators at Joe Louis Arena after being struck by a skate in the face.
Miller suffered two lacerations around his right eye, but the team announced there was no damage to the eye itself.

Miller required 60 stitches and reportedly suffered two "deep lacerations" around his right eye, but the eye itself was not believed to be injured.

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/nh...-eye/70750116/

[t0rrent98]

just saw it a half hour ago, that is nasty.,

[MolsonInBothHands]

I can't imagine how gross that was before the stitches. Glad he is ok.

[nightfx]

That's gonna be a bad ass scar

[bluejays]

Christ. How does the doc even stitch at that angle near the eye. Must've been awful.

[Gaudfather]

Ryan Miller (brother) said he wanted to come back and finish that game after getting stitched up - just another example of the true warriors that NHL players are.

Ryan Miller @RyanMiller3039 · 7h 7 hours ago
Scary moment for Drew. Luckily he avoided injury to his eye. Thanks for the concern. He wanted to play after being stitched up. Warrior

"It took a while to get stitched. The doctors and my wife concluded I shouldn't go back out." http://yhoo.it/1DvhMAa

NHL EXPERT PICKS ‏@NHLexpertpicks 30m30 minutes ago
Drew Miller feels lucky to avoid serious injury after skate to face 'My first reaction was oh my god, my eye is gone'

60 stitches. Dust me down. 12 hours later, Back in the game. http://www.freep.com/story/sports/nh...-cut/70778596/ … http://twitter.com/Davy_McG/status/5...com/bAZUoIM15V #Warrior

[Jay Random]

Wow. Amazing that he didn't lose the eye. I'm not going to call him lucky, since it obviously would have been much luckier not to get a skate in the face at all. But his luck came *that* close to being much, much worse.

Here's wishing him a speedy recovery without complications.

[Heavy Jack]

Hockey Players are a different breed when it comes to athletes. Insane pain thresholds, so glad he is ok.

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by Gaudfather

Ryan Miller (brother) said he wanted to come back and finish that game after getting stitched up - just another example of the true warriors that NHL players are.

Seeing the pic of the stitches, all I could think of was Cristiano Ronaldo. There would be a state inquiry and probably a national week of mourning if that happened to that princess. He'd be out indefinitely. They'd hold a state funeral for him.

[CroFlames]

[Dion]

Saw the replay last night and cringed. He was very very lucky his eye was uneffected. Glad to hear he's going to be okay.