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Brooks Orpik Takes Skate to His Face, Gets Hit with Beer in Win over Islanders

The ones where a guy gets slapped in the mouth by a fish and then by a woman and then by every other animate or inanimate object a man can piss off in a day's work of 10-knuckled mannery? 

An abbreviated version of that montage is what Brooks Orpik experienced Tuesday night.

The Washington Capitals defenseman experienced an onslaught of facial misfortune in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup playoff series against the New York Islanders. It started with the 34-year-old taking a skate to the face and ended with him experiencing the brisk, tingling sensation only a cup of beer hurled from the stands can provide.