#tbt: Hockey's back! Celebrate with these players with missing teeth
At long last, the 2014-15 NHL season kicked off yesterday with the Canadiens, Canucks, Sharks, and Bruins ending up the big winners of the night. To celebrate the return of one of the most beautiful sports in the world, let's take a look at some faces only a mother could love (unless that mother gets queasy at the sight of blood).
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Hockey's All-Time Best Toothless Smiles
Bobby Clarke (1973)
John D. Hanlon
Brent Burns (2016)
Kohjiro Kinno
Teemu Selanne (2006)
Joey Terrill
Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita (1963)
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Gordie Howe (1979)
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Mark Messier (1991)
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Theo Fleury (1996)
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Alex Ovechkin (2010)
Gregg Forwerck/NHLI via Getty Images
Ken Daneyko (2003)
Lou Capozzola
Mike Ricci (1996)
David Zalubowski/AP
Chris Neil (2009)
Andre Ringuette/NHLI via Getty Images
Daniel Carcillo (2011)
Jerome Davis/Icon SMI
Keith Tkachuk (2010)
Tim Vizer/Icon SMI
Colin White (2005)
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Duncan Keith (2010)
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Craig Berube (1998)
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Sean Couturier (2013)
Bill Streicher/Icon SMI
Patrick Wellar (2011)
Toni L. Sandys/Washington Post via Getty Images
Chris Conner (2008)
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Don Ashby (1975)
Keith Beaty/Toronto Star via Getty Images
Cody McLeod (2009)
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Zack Stortini (2009)
Andy Devlin/NHLI via Getty Images
Paul Stastny (2012)
Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images
Shean Donovan (2004)
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Dave Scatchard (2006)
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John Erskine (2014)
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Claude Giroux (2011)
Simon Bruty
Dany Heatley (2006)
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Jay Rosehill (2013)
Bill Streicher/Icon SMI
Alex Burrows (2006)
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Ryan O'Reilly (2014)
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Bryan Bickell (2009)
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Matt Cooke (2009)
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Doug Risebrough (1983)
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Jon Sim (2008)
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John Tavares (2009)
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And if you liked those players, then you'll love the NHL's Faces of Battle and Great NHL Hairstyles.
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