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Anaheim – There’s a gap where Andrew Cogliano’s two front teeth used to sit — before he took a stick in the chops in March 2013.

He skated to the bench with a bloody mouth that night, but was back for his next shift.

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There have been other nights when it looked like fate would get the better of Cogliano but somehow, some way, he has stayed in the lineup, first with the Edmonton Oilers, then with the Anaheim Ducks.

In a sport where countless players have forced out of the lineup by concussions, shoulder separations, and ankle sprains, not to mention run-of-the-mill bouts of the flu, Cogliano has endured.

He played his first game with the Oilers on Oct. 4, 2007 and his 638th game with the Ducks Wednesday at the Honda Center.

It was the National Hockey League’s reigning ironman and an injury-riddled Oilers lineup.

“I take a lot of pride in it, I think anybody would,” said Cogliano, who could add another 36 playoff games to his tally if the record spilled over into the post-season, “but the most pride I have is just being able to contribute.