Rychel Plays Despite Injury

Winger Warren Rychel needed 17 stitches to close a gash above his right eye, suffered when he was struck by a puck during the morning workout. The wound didn’t prevent Rychel from playing, however.

Linemate Ken Baumgartner’s high shot was sticked aside by goaltender Guy Hebert during a routine drill. But the puck hit Rychel, who was jockeying for position with a defender at the side of the net.

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Valeri Karpov, playing with the Ducks’ minor-league affiliate at Baltimore, received 75 stitches to close facial cuts after he fell head-first into an opponent’s skate Sunday night.