According to my friend Katie:
“Yesterday during [Caps] practice, [John] Carlson had a shot on goal that deflected off the goalpost and into [Brooks] Laich’s eye. He has broken facial bones now.”
Also, check out my other friend’s website with a priceless photo and more concerning the “late-breaking” news: www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com.
It really is very sad news. I look at a picture of Brooks on my work computer’s desktop every day. I look at both of Brooks’ eyes all the time…
It’s times like this, where I think about how Brooks is still single and how having a girlfriend to take care of him would greatly benefit him. (And me, because you know, I’d be all up for that responsibility!)

now he’s a pirate