Hockey players are some of the toughest athletes out there, the amount of times they play through injuries that can be very severe is astounding. Everyone knows that if a player, especially in the NHL is out of the lineup, it's for a good reason.
Girardi says while playing for the Rangers, he blocked a shot off of his ankle, didn't think anything of it, went to go get stitched up by the trainer, took the rest of the game off and was back at it not long after. Later, the training staff wanted to check on his ankle after it had been rubbing in his skate boot, so he took off his sock and the stitches were gone, all you could see was bone.
