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Islanders’ Brendan Witt 1, truck 0

By Helene Elliott
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You’ve probably heard that hockey players are tough, able to lose teeth or take dozens of stitches without a whimper while fearing only that they might miss their next shift.

New York Islanders defenseman Brendan Witt has redefined just how tough they are.

Witt was struck by an SUV Tuesday morning as he crossed the street in Philadelphia, but he picked himself up, assured everyone he was fine, went to the morning skate and played Tuesday night.

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Best comment on the Canadian website www.tsn.ca: ‘The truck will be out 4-6 weeks with a lower body injury.’

-- Helene Elliott

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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