Quick Hits
Mar 21, 2008 NHL, They Said It
Teppo practiced with the team today at the arena. Awesome.
Numminen skated with injured defensemen Jaroslav Spacek (ribs) and Dmitri Kalinin (right shoulder) for an hour before participating in the Sabres’ workout before their game Friday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
“It’s been a long journey,” Numminen said. “It’s great to be healthy and great to be back here.”
My boy is thrilled.
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Boston College star, and Sabres prospect Nathan Gerbe is a Hobey Baker finalist. Congratulations, and here’s hoping you do better than Gino Toretta did when he won the Heisman.
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These 7:30 starts always throw me off. Darn Canadian television coverage.
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Richard Zednik is back on the ice as well, if only for a few minutes. He’s not yet cleared to work out, though.
Tags: boston college, gerbe, hobey baker, Hockey, injury, NHL, numminen, sabres, zednik
Gameday - Sabres at Senators
Feb 12, 2008 NHL
I missed a gameday post or two thanks to my Jeepy-Jeep (as my son calls it) getting Kaleta’d by a Ford Expedition, and I’m back in time for a matchup against the Sens. Ottawa will look a bit different tonight, their big line was reassembled recently, and they made a trade, sending Eaves and Corvo to the Hurricanes for Stillman and Commodore (Bozo).
Buffalo will be playing their first game since the Zednik injury, and thankfully he is doing well. It will be 6-8 weeks before he can resume ‘normal activity’. On the Sabres injury front, Stafford should still be out but Kotalik (flu) and Connolly (bonespur) should both be back. It’s a 7:30pm start.
Tags: B-Lo Sports, Carolina, commodore, connolly, corvo, Drew Stafford, eaves, Hockey, Hurricanes, injury, kotalik, NHL, ottawa, sabres, senators, stillman, trade, zednik
Get Well Richard Zednik
Feb 11, 2008 NHL
The Sabres beat the Panthers 5-3 tonight, but the win was overshadowed by the horrific injury to veteran winger Richard Zednik. Teammate Olli Jokinen was checked in the corner by Clarke MacArthur, when his skate blade came up and caught Zednik in the neck. He made for the bench as trainers from both teams came to his aid. You could see him visibly weaken once he got to the boards, and had to be helped off the ice by a trainer on one side and teammate Jason Cullimore on the other. The game was stopped for more than 15 minutes as the Zambonis came onto the ice to clean up his trail. Zednik was rushed to Buffalo General Hospital, where he underwent surgery for 2 hours, and is now resting and in stable condition. His wife was flown in by charter to join him here.
I would like to send Richard my best wishes for a speedy recovery. I’ll post new info as it comes to light.
edit: The video is here, but I don’t recommend watching it if you are squeamish at the sight of blood.
Tags: cullimore, florida, Hockey, injury, jokinin, neck, NHL, panthers, sabres, zednik
