By now, anyone paying even a little attention to hockey over the last week or so is well aware of the injury suffered by Team Canada World Juniors captain, and Chicago Blackhawks prospect, Kirby Dach. Dach broke his wrist after what appeared to be a harmless hit attempt on an opponent during a pre-tournament game against Russia. It has since been announced by the Blackhawks that he will miss four-to-five months after surgery to repair the fracture.
Appearing on TSN, Dach provided a description of when he broke his wrist that is gruesome, to say the least. The 19-year-old told TSN he thought the sound he heard when he collided with his opponent was his stick breaking. Unfortunately for him, that was the sound of the bone fracturing.
"I've gone back and watched it a couple of times. It was kind of a fluke thing," Dach told TSN's James Duthie. "I really thought my stick broke because of the sound it made. And then I looked down at my hand and it didn't feel the best and it didn't look right."
Didn't look right would be a bit of an understatement.
Dach said he was touched by Team Canada stating he would remain their captain for the tournament despite that fact that he couldn't play.
"It's pretty special. Those guys [Bowen Byram and Dylan Cozens, who are alternating the C as per rules from the International Ice Hockey Federation] are just as deserving as I am to be the captain of the team. There's a bunch of other leaders that could be wearing letters, too so for them to come out with statements like that, it means a lot."
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