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Minnesota Twins first baseman Justin Morneau of New Westminster, BC, was taken to a hospital for X-rays on his left hand after being hit by a pitch from Cleveland starter CC Sabathia in the sixth inning yesterday.
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- Hurricanes captain Rod Brind'Amour will have reconstructive surgery on a torn ligament in his left knee and will likely miss the rest of the season.
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Flyers goalie Antero Niittymaki could miss up to two months because of a hip injury sustained during practice Tuesday.
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MONTREAL -- The Bruins beat the Canadiens last night, 3-1, before 19,591 at the Bell Centre, but they received a huge scare in the first period when $37.5 million strongman Zdeno Chara was injured while blocking a Sheldon Souray slap shot.
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The Dallas Stars put Mike Modano on injured reserve Thursday after he missed his fifth straight game because of a lower-body injury.
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Chicago Blackhawks forward Tuomo Ruutu is scheduled to have surgery Friday to repair a dislocated left shoulder. Ruutu injured the shoulder while playing for Finland against Canada in the final of the World Cup of Hockey in mid-September.
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Hockey Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury , unbeaten the last three weeks, has a sprained ankle that will keep him out of the Pittsburgh Penguins' lineup for up to two months. Penguins forward Maxime Talbot has a similar injury and may be out a month. Both Fleury and Talbot were examined yesterday by a team doctor after the Penguins returned from an ...
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Capitals captain Chris Clark returns to practice after missing almost six weeks with a groin muscle injury, but the other injury news is not nearly as encouraging for the Capitals.
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Anaheim Ducks All-Star defenseman Chris Pronger will be out about two weeks because of a broken bone in his toe.
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It&#39;s the unwritten rule of sports. A starter who has to sit out games because of an injury should return to the lineup once healthy.
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Pittsburgh star Sidney Crosby badly sprained an ankle while ramming into the boards in the first period, and the Andre Roy-led Tampa Bay Lightning took advantage of his absence for a 3-0 victory over the Penguins on Friday night.
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Buffalo Sabres forward Ales Kotalik is expected to miss between four and six weeks with a right knee injury, the club said on Monday, as the NHL's top team added another name to its growing injury list.
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ST. LOUIS  - St Louis Blues defenseman Jay McKee has been ruled out for up to six weeks after fracturing a bone in his right foot, the NHL team said on Thursday.
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Colorado Avalanche captain Joe Sakic will undergo hernia surgery Friday and will miss eight to 12 weeks, the club announced Thursday.
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Alexander Ovechkin, the Team Russia winger and No. 1 overall draft pick of the Caps last June, suffered a shoulder injury while playing in the World Junior Hockey Championship title game.
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Texas Rangers right-hander Juan Dominguez was scratched from his start Saturday against the Anaheim Angels because of a sore right knee.
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New York Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro left Tuesday's game with an apparent head injury after a first-period collision with Montreal's Steve Begin.