September 20, 2011

Cole can Relate to Pacioretty

MONTREAL -- One is a grizzled 32 years old, the other is exactly a decade younger. Despite the age difference, they are members of an NHL fraternity that is mercifully small.

Injuries are a fact of life in pro sports, but some hold a greater squirm factor than others, like those involving eyes or the spine.

Erik Cole and Max Pacioretty of the Montreal Canadiens are used to the questions by now, having both suffered cervical fractures on the ice.

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