Puck To His Grill Costs Paukovich His Chicklets

(left) DU Alum Geoff Paukovich took a puck to the mouth during a recent ECHL hockey game in AlaskaFrom: Las Vegas Review Journal by Todd DeweyImagine taking a blistering puck to the mouth that caves in your top four front teeth and leaves a gash on your lip that requires 15 stitches to close.Now imagine not being able to see a dentist until the next day -- when he'll snap your teeth back into place -- and, in the meantime, writhing in agony all night as blood pours from your mouth and onto your pillow.That was the misery Wranglers center Geoff Paukovich suffered this month in Alaska, where he incurred the injuries in a game against the Aces.But the physical pain Paukovich experienced pales in comparison to the mental and emotional anguish he has suffered since he accidentally broke the neck of former Las Vegas defenseman Robbie Bina during a college game in 2005."It was a play that changed my life," said Paukovich, 24. "It still lives with me to this day."It ...