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Johan Franzen’s Face Meets The Boards: The Aftermath

by Travis Hughes
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In the first period of today's Game 2 between Phoenix and Detroit, Shane Doan pushed an off balance Johan Franzen into the end boards (before you ask, it was a clean shove). Franzen's face took all of impact, as you can tell by this photo grabbed from the NBC broadcast.

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↵He was patched up with 21 stitches and came back for the second period. /hockey player

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