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NHL Player Matt Hendricks Tweets Photo of His Cup After Getting Nailed in the Groin With a Shot

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During last night’s Oilers/Stars game, Edmonton player Matt Hendricks got destroyed by a shot that nailed him right in the groin. He went down—hard—and had trouble getting back to his feet. And when he finally did, he had to be taken back to the locker room for further evaluation.

The good news is that Hendricks is going to be OK. The bad news is that he is definitely going to need a new athletic cup before the Oilers’ next game:

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If the puck was able to do that to a hard piece of plastic, can you even imagine what it would have done if Hendricks hadn’t been wearing a…*shivers*

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