Shumway Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Story from NHL.com:6:56 PM EDT, 09/21/2006 Malkin has dislocated left shoulderPITTSBURGH (AP) -Evgeni Malkin dislocated his left shoulder during his first preseason game with the Pittsburgh Penguins, knocking him out of practice Thursday and raising questions about his availability for the Oct. 5 opener.Malkin attended practice but did not take part, and teammates said he looked much better than he did after getting hurt Wednesday night against the Philadelphia Flyers in an exhibition game in New Brunswick.Click here to find out more!The Penguins did not say how long they expect the 20-year-old Russian star to be out or if he will be ready for their Oct. 5 opener.Malkin, who had made several excellent passes earlier in the game, skated off the ice during the second period of a 5-4 victory over Philadelphia in Moncton after colliding with teammate John LeClair. Malkin was clutching his left arm in pain as he left the ice, but did not have a sling on his arm after the game."The way he skated off holding his arm, it didn't look good at all," center Sidney Crosby said Thursday. "But just to see him up and around this morning, he was smiling and he didn't seem set back too much, so I think he feels a lot better.""He looked all right," forward Colby Armstrong said. "I tried to talk to him, but it's tough to get anything out of him. Let's hope he's all right and this was a precaution more than anything."Neither Crosby nor Malkin will play in a preseason home game against Washington on Friday night. Crosby played in the Penguins' first two exhibition games, but will be held out of at least several preseason games so as not to risk injury.Veteran forward Mark Recchi also won't play Friday because of a broken left cheekbone. The injury is not expected to cause him to miss the start of the season. He said he could have played Friday if it had been a regular season game.Malkin was hurt after sending a pass that LeClair missed. Malkin circled around the right side of the net before running into LeClair - and trying to hurdle over him - behind the left goal post."I was going to the net and he made a fantastic pass," LeClair said. "I was all ready to shoot it, but the puck stopped on me, and when I went to readjust, I kind of caught a rut, and that's when everything broke loose and I went into the boards. ... I tried to brace myself and we ended up colliding."Malkin left his Russian club, Metallurg Magnitogorsk, last month to join the Penguins and play in the NHL. The team is threatening legal action against the Penguins or the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC97 Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Yes and he'll be missing the game I'm going to on Saturday... yippie --- Chris Creamer Founder/Editor, SportsLogos.Net "The Mothership" • News • Facebook • X/Twitter • Instagram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maz Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Watched that game to. Nasty collision.As long as he's there for the 29th and opening night, and basically half of the entire season {as thats basically the amount of games im going to}, its all good.Seriously, though, we need him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Yes and he'll be missing the game I'm going to on Saturday... yippie Atleast you get to see the Slug www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred T. Jane Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Atleast you get to see the Slug That's like telling someone with a broken leg that they should just be happy it wasn't amputated! [Croatia National Team Manager Slavan] Bilic then went on to explain how Croatia's success can partially be put down to his progressive man-management techniques. "Sometimes I lie in the bed with my players. I go to the room of Vedran Corluka and Luka Modric when I see they have a problem and I lie in bed with them and we talk for 10 minutes." Maybe Capello could try getting through to his players this way too? Although how far he'd get with Joe Cole jumping up and down on the mattress and Rooney demanding to be read his favourite page from The Very Hungry Caterpillar is open to question. --The Guardian's Fiver, 08 September 2008 Attention: In order to obtain maximum enjoyment from your stay at the CCSLC, the reader is advised that the above post may contain large amounts of sarcasm, dry humour, or statements which should not be taken in any true sort of seriousness. As a result, the above poster absolves himself of any and all blame in the event that a forum user responds to the aforementioned post without taking the previous notice into account. Thank you for your cooperation, and enjoy your stay at the CCSLC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 lol www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maz Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Yes and he'll be missing the game I'm going to on Saturday... yippie Atleast you get to see the Slug I get to see the slug on the 29th to.Well it cant look that much worse in real life.......at least not from the upper deck. {though im anxious to see what chants our fans come up with for our poorly designed rivals} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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