Brendan Lemieux loses his teeth after getting hit in the face by Christian Jaros.

Somebody call a dentist.

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Brendan Lemieux loses his teeth after getting hit in the face by Christian Jaros.

Someone had better call a dentist for gritty New York Rangers forward Brendan Lemieux.

Lemieux and his Rangers traveled to Canada on Friday night where they were set to take on the Ottawa Senators at the Canadian Tire Center, but unfortunately for the Rangers, and Lemieux especially, things went terribly wrong in that game. The Rangers were thoroughly dominated by the Senators, a team that has shown a level of play that has defied the expectations of most pundits around the league, who would eventually triumph by a margin of 4 - 1 on the evening. 

Unfortunately for Lemieux, as if losing in and of itself was not punishment enough, the game was not the only thing he lost on Friday night. During the game's second period Lemieux was engaged in a race for the puck with Ottawa Senators defenseman Christian Jaros, a race that he was clearly winning by a wide margin. Whether it was on accident or intentional however Jaros had himself a very good way to even the odds in that footrace, simply nailing Lemieux in the face with a big time high stick.

It was one of the more blatant high sticking calls you are going to see in the National Hockey League and it is likely for that reason that Lemieux and the Rangers were immediately rewarded with a power play from the NHL officials who were right in position to see it all good down. Unfortunately for Lemieux the penalty turned out to practically be a non-factor due to the fact that his team would lose to badly on the night, but even worse for him was the fact that he was now left with fewer teeth in his mouth than he had entered the game with.

After Jaros' stick made contact with his face Lemieux immediately went down in a heap on the ice and could be seen quickly clutching at his mouth area. There was good reason for that as Lemieux had actually lost teeth as a result of the ugly high stick and was then left scrambling on the ice as he looked around for any sign of those missing teeth.


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