Manny Legace stopped thousands of shots for six seasons as a goalie for the Detroit Red Wings — including during the team's 2002 Stanley Cup championship run — but he wasn't prepared for the blow the coronavirus dealt him.
Legace, 48, now is the goaltending coach for the Columbus Blue Jackets, grew teary talking about the ordeal during a news conference Thursday.
He was hospitalized in the intensive care unit at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital earlier this month, when the virus made it hard for him to breathe and he developed blood clots in his lungs.