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This is a prime example of why hockey players are another level of nuts:
The happy-go-lucky Laperriere lost four teeth and received between 50 and 100 stitches when he blocked Jason Pominville's slap shot with his mouth _ and returned to play in the third period.
After the game, Laperriere's mouth was so swollen that he looked like a cartoon character. Yet, he is expected expected to play Saturday in Atlanta.
That's right, Laperriere took a puck to the mouth, lost teeth and came back to play an hour later. If it were a normal person, they might have missed work for a week just for the swollen mouth.
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