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Detroit Red Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall sought out stem cell therapy in an effort to ameliorate the damage to his left knee.
Kronwall revealed the treatment Saturday as he spoke about having played in his 800th career NHL game the previous night. The past two seasons have seen the veteran play on a permanently damaged knee. There is nothing surgically that can be done to alleviate the pain.
“Once you get bone-on-bone, at least all the research that is out there, it seems there is not too many things that you can do without having to jeopardize your career,” Kronwall said.