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[Part Two of “Punched Out: The Life and Death of a Hockey Enforcer.”]

When his cheek was crushed by Boogaard in 2006, Fedoruk’s first thought was to “save face” and skate off the ice. He did.

“Their bench was cheering like you do when your teammate gets a guy,” Fedoruk said. “I remember skating by their bench.

“Their faces kind of lost expression because I think they seen — you could see it. You could see the damage that was done because the cheekbone, it wasn’t there anymore.”

“Derek Boogaard: Blood on the Ice.” — John Branch, New York Times

See Part One of this series: “A Boy Learns to Brawl.”