Awaiting for word on Halischuk

Right wing Matt Halischuk is in New Jersey today to be examined by team doctors after injuring his right leg in Lowell's 4-0 AHL loss to Wilkes Barre/Scranton in Pennsylvania. Halischuk was hit hard into the boards and could not put any weight on his right leg as he left the ice.

There is no word yet on the extent of his injury.

"He's in New Jersey to be looked at by our doctors and we'll just have to wait and see," Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello said this morning.

Halischuk was the Devils' fourth-round draft pick in 2007. He earned an assist in his first NHL game - a 6-5 shootout loss to Toronto on Oct. 29- but was sent back down to Lowell last Sunday.

The Devils' growing list of injured players -- Martin Brodeur (torn left biceps tendon), Brian Rolston (high right ankle sprain), Bobby Holik (broken right pinky), Andy Greene (broken right hand), Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond (cracked orbital bone) and Paul Martin (upper body soreness) -- has already cost them 27 man games (including the one Jamie Langenbrunner missed with his bruised left knee)

"You can't waste energy on what you can't control," Lamoriello said.

Comments

[hoekster316]

What a surprise...even our minor leaguers can't escape the Devils Injury Curse of '08! At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if Doc, Dano, or Chico tore their ACL!

[kstatik]

Hey, at least Lou didn't call it a bruise... lol

Right? *winces*

This injury bug must have been sent to us in the mail from the Rags. Who else could be behind it?!

Our trainers? No way. (Or maybe? ;)

[kstatik]

Actually, now that I think about it: "He's in New Jersey to be looked at by our doctors
and we'll just have to wait and see" - that's a perfect response! It doesn't mislead us
into thinking it's any better or worse than it is; it's just a wait-and-see approach...
I can get behind that kind of honesty from Lou.

I hope he'll stick with it.

[JCdevs]

TG- live it up at the Marriot bro. You deserve it! Transfer to the "rain man" suite order some don P and caviar. Smoke a cigar in the hot tub like Pacino in Scarface. I am sure the folks at the record wont mind..lol

You work on this site is very appreciated. You never answer any of my q's though.

P.S. - I dont know if it was mentioned but the devils announced a good family deal 4 seats 4 sodas 4 hotdogs for I think $149. I am sure there are details on the devils site. Not bad.

[Me]

I was at the game and it looked to me like he was holding his knee, not good. The game was one of the best 4-0 losses I've ever been to. Cauruso stinks. 4 goals on 7 shots in 9 minutes. Frazee came in and shut the Pens out the rest of the way. He's a small goalie but he stayed square to the shooter and made a couple really nice acrobatic saves. Without a doubt, he was the brightest spot in the loss. Patrick Davis was running around like a madman after the Halischuk injury. He was hitting and spearing anyone in his way. Also, quite a mouth on that young man. Fraser also played a good, physical game. The Pens took exception to some of his hits as well. It was funny to watch Fraser mouth off to the Pens bench.

Corrente played well too. He blocked a shot with his ankle near the end and appeared to be shaken up but came back and should be ok. Vasayunov took a stick to the face. He dropped his glove and stick and headed straight to the bench. He got some repairs and was right back out there.

[FOTC]

TG, did Lou see the hit by any chance? I watched the video again this morning, and I thought it was a late hit. The crappy YouTube video quality doesn't help, but it looked like Halischuk had already let go the puck in when Mormina hit him. I'm just wondering if the AHL is going to look into it and take any disciplinary action against him. What do you think?

[FOTC]

Here's two other fights from last night BTW.

Corrente:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2RJzp-w4rc

Spiller:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FtHevshSC4

Love the Pens announcer with the "OFAW" in the second video. Reeeaaal classy.

[TG]

Lamoriello did see the hit. He said he was watching the game last night. He has some kind of setup with his computer that allows him to watch Lowell games all the time.

I didn't ask him if he thought it was late, though.

[BishopQ]

the hit didn't seem that late to me. Halischuk was just in a very prone position as he'd just dumped the puck in. Similar to the Brandon Sutter hit by Doug Weight.

looks like his right knee buckled underneath him.

[FOTC]

All the games are on AHLLive, you can pay $6 to watch an individual game or buy the season package for about $150.

[Jason]

Spiller is the guy that Asham knocked out with 1 punch last year when he was up with the Islanders. I didn't notice until a couple weeks ago that Lou had signed him. Maybe he felt bad for him?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWoa4YkYHTk

[Jason]

I'm glad I live within 30 min of Sound Tigers land, REAL hockey is still alive and well in the AHL. I think they have a game against Lowell coming up in a couple weeks.

[Al]

Well Jason keep on supporting the Isles prospects, we'll root for our bad Lowell Devils and love it.

[JJ]

You are lucky Jason, you have the best of both worlds. I bet you can hop on a train and be at the Rock in about an hour too! Closest AHL games to me is Binghamton. About a 2 hour drive. :( PH**K Philadelphia, I refuse to go to that town.

[TG]

Actually, Lowell plays in Bridgeport tonight.

[Jason]

Yeah TG, I just noticed that. I was hoping it was later in the week, I won't be able to make it. Guess I'll have to wait till Dec when they come back. And Al, I know you like to be confrontational, but I do not go to bport games to "root on isles prospects." I go there because its AHL hockey within 30 min of my house, tickets are dirt cheap, and specifically i wanted to go to see them play lowell.

[Jason]

JJ, I work in midtown so im already part of the way there. It's about 1 hour total from my office to the rock. When I go to weekend games, I usually just drive to my friends place in Jersey City, and take the PATH from the broad st station. Total time is about 1.5 hours. Bport games are about 20 min from my house by car. Bport is a lot like Newark. It's a city that was pretty beat down, but is finally looking up. The arena, and the baseball field has done a lot to improve the downtown area. They also have what is probably the best steakhouse outside of Peter Lugers in Josephs.