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Just months after doctors removed the lower part of his left leg, Craig Cunningham is back lacing up the blades.

The 26-year-old former Vancouver Giant a collapsed at centre ice due to acute cardiac arrest prior to an AHL game with his Tucson Roadrunners on Nov. 19. Medical workers spent 85 minutes performing CPR just keep him alive.

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While recovering in hospital, on Dec. 24, doctors amputated the lower part of left leg in order to fend off infection.

On Friday, fitted with a prosthetic and assisted by his physical therapists and teammate Conor Garland, Cunningham, the Roadrunners’ captain, skated with his team again.

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