Manny Malhotra made it through about 10 minutes talking about his career-threatening eye injury before his emotions started to get the best of him. Asked what he learned in the 10 weeks since a deflected puck exploded into his left eye and almost cost him his vision and his hockey career, the Vancouver Canucks center paused several times, his voice breaking as he talked about the support he received. "It really put things into perspective," Malhotra said Saturday, after being cleared to play in the Stanley Cup final against the Boston Bruins. "We're hockey players. But at the end of the day the level of respect we have for one another as friends, husbands, brothers, fathers, that really came to the forefront." Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs/2011/news/story?id=6603348
