Steelers head coach Keith Cassidy takes up the tale. "They'd actually called an emergency dentist to the hospital and he said, 'You know what? I don't have time to wait for that. I'm heading back.' "

"So I zoomed back," says Perdonic, "and was back on the ice before the second period started."

"Yeah, I chipped my two front teeth," Perdonic summarized, "but I got us a goal off of it. What an unbelievable feeling."