Josi played gold-medal game at worlds with broken hand

Roman Josi wasn't going to let an injury stop him from going for gold.

The talented Nashville Predators defenseman broke his hand in Switzerland's semifinal victory over Canada at the World Championship in May and played through it in the gold-medal game loss to Sweden, Switzerland head coach Patrick Fischer told Swiss radio station SRF on Sunday, as translated by Swiss Hockey News.

The Swiss national team had to ask the Predators for permission to dress Josi for the final, in which it fell to Sweden in a shootout.

Josi assisted on both of Switzerland's goals in regulation and logged more than 29 minutes of ice time in the championship game.

He chose to represent his home country at the tourney in Denmark after the Winnipeg Jets eliminated the Predators in the Western Conference semifinal.