Islanders coach Jack Capuano shakes off puck to fa

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Islanders coach Jack Capuano shakes off puck to fa

Islanders coach Jack Capuano used Kyle Hendricks Jersey to be a hockey player.It showed when he wasforced to leave the bench late in his team's playoff win over the Lightning after by a deflected puck. Capuano spent a portion of the third period in the locker room with the Islanders clinging to a slimlead, buthereturned in time to watch them seal the deal.MORE: "Its unfortunate that I got hit there,"Capuano, with a small gash on his nose,told reporters followingthe 5-3 victory that gave the Isles a1-0 lead in their Eastern Conference second-round series. "I had a headache for a little bit and just wanted to make sure everything was all right."Capuano recalled an instance during the 2012-13 season when he was hit in the face by a puck during a gameand mi sed the Carlos Zambrano Jersey third period and overtime."Ive been hit more times I think than when I played," he quipped."It just fortunately caught me at the tip of the nose and was nothing real serious. Drew Smyly Jersey "PETRELLA: Wednesday's incident occurred with 11 minutes to play in the third period when a wrist shot byAlex Killorn ricochetedoff the shin ofRyan Strome and into the Islanders' bench. Capuano dropped to the floor, drawing quite the reaction from his players.A sistant coach Doug Weight took over bench duties in Capuano's absence. Tampa Bay'sValtteri Filppula scored fourminutes laterto trim the Islanders' lead to4-3.Capuano emerged from the locker room with about twominutes to play,his right eye slightly black and blue.Cal Clutterbuckthen Yu Darvish Jersey scored an empty-net insurance goalandthe Islanders survived their second close call of the evening.I think at first we thought it was in his eye, and then we heard when he went off that it wasnt, they said that it was in his nose, so we didnt feel as bad," Kerry Wood Jersey Islanders captain John Tavares said. "Hes always telling us to block shots, but were glad to see that hes all right."Obviously that can be a scary thing, but good to see he battled through it like he likes to see us do."
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