Tip: Faces are always interesting, so why detract from them with an unwanted background? Coming in close produced this shot of Leafs' star Borje Salming after his recent eye injury – All
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![When Borje Salming almost had his face split in half, got 300 stitches and did this legendary TV interview When Borje Salming almost had his face split in half, got 300 stitches and did this legendary TV interview](https://www.thehockeybeast.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/BorjeSalming1200x1200.jpeg)
When Borje Salming almost had his face split in half, got 300 stitches and did this legendary TV interview
![When Borje Salming almost had his face split in half, got 300 stitches and did this legendary TV interview When Borje Salming almost had his face split in half, got 300 stitches and did this legendary TV interview](https://www.thehockeybeast.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/salming6.jpeg)
When Borje Salming almost had his face split in half, got 300 stitches and did this legendary TV interview
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Where does it hurt? Leaf trainer Guy Kinnear tends to Borje Salming after the Leaf defence king suffered a strained shoulder when sandwiched by two Ha(...) – All Items – Digital Archive :
![Old Toronto Series on Twitter: "Toronto Maple Leaf, Borje Salming, receiving 200+ stitches in 1986 after taking a skate to the face. https://t.co/HWtjvwhx4C" / Twitter Old Toronto Series on Twitter: "Toronto Maple Leaf, Borje Salming, receiving 200+ stitches in 1986 after taking a skate to the face. https://t.co/HWtjvwhx4C" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EFx94jDWsAA-CrU.jpg)