Player has surgery after taking high stick and fighting in the same night.

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Player has surgery after taking high stick and fighting in the same night.
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Sam Bennett put in a warrior like performance last night, and it cost him some pain today.

During Tuesday night's matchup between the Calgary Flames and Nashville Predators, the Flames' forward not only stood up for his teammate Matt Stajan by dropping the gloves with Preds' forward Ryan Johansen, he took an errant high-stick to the face for his trouble.

The result of the high-stick was ten stitches and a painful root canal on Wednesday.

Despite spending most of today in a dentist's chair Bennett says he plans to be in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

What a tough customer.

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