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Loss of Horton Hurts Bruins

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He lay on his back on the logo, his body aligned with the “t” in the words “Stanley Cup Final.” His stick lay at his feet. His right hand stayed stuck in the air for a moment, grotesquely, before falling slowly to his side.

“I skated by once, and his eyes were rolled back,” teammate Dennis Seidenberg(notes) said. “It didn’t look good.”

It was as ugly as it gets. After a long season of head shots and concussions and heated debates, Nathan Horton(notes) had taken the latest nasty hit here on the NHL’s biggest stage...

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