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Rick DiPietro To Have Sports Hernia Surgery; UPDATE: More Knee Swelling
UPDATE, Jan. 14: The Islanders official release on the news also adds, like they did last year when he missed time with facial fractures after the Brent Johnson fight, that he also has "knee swelling." Draw your own conclusion. Newsday has the scoop on Rick DiPietro's late Friday injury news: Rick...
Injury Updates: Islanders Recall Poulin, Wallace; MacDonald Joins Pandolfo on IR; Grabner day to day
Well then. The troops have come home from the road excited by victories but hitting the medical tent in droves. You knew Andrew MacDonald -- who missed both weekend games -- was banged up (leg), but now the New York Islanders have placed him on Injured Reserve with an estimate of missing two to...
Flames 2, Islanders B Squad 0: So we watched Strome and Kabanov
This is the type of preseason game I call "prospect pulp": All due respect to Jay Pandolfo, Tim Wallace and Trevor Frischmon (who was 11-4 on faceoffs), but they are guys fighting for fourth-line or AHL call-up status. Likewise, veterans Steve Staios and Milan Jurcina are what they are. (And...
Go Ahead and Run, Islanders Hip Will Still Find You
It's not much fun joking about player injuries -- it's a guy's livelihood being affected, after all -- but sometimes luck won't befriend you and all you've got left is gallows humor. The latest published hip injury (Islanders Hip, we call it) in the Islanders' organization doesn't affect next NHL...
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