Minnesota Wild defenseman and member of the gold medal-winning USA men's hockey team Brock Faber is gearing up for his season debut, less than two months after suffering a skull fracture.

Faber has been out of action since the preseason, when the Wild played their final tune-up game against the Dallas Stars.

A shot from Dallas' Miro Heiskanen hit Faber in the head , and he went down in a heap.

He was able to skate off under his own power, but it was later revealed that the 24-year-old had undergone surgery for a fractured skull just days before the start of the season.

That's a horrific injury, so it's no shocker that Faber missed time. However…

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