Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay Lightning
31-42-9, 5th Southeast
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Lightning's Halpern out with serious knee injury
Lightning's Halpern out with serious knee injury
AP,
May 7, 2008
Tampa Bay Lightning center Jeff Halpern ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during the world hockey championships and is expected to be sidelined until late December or early January. Halpern also sprained the medial collateral ligament and suffered a small tear to the lateral meniscus during the United States' 5-4 loss to Canada in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Tuesday. ...More |
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Lightning Team Report
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Lightning Team Report May 15, 2008
Even with the end of the regular season nearly a month behind them, the Lightning still haven't managed to hide from the black cloud of bad luck that hovered over the franchise since August.
On May 6, veteran center Jeff Halpern suffered a ruptured ACL in his right knee while representing the United States in the World Hockey Championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Halpern also suffered a sprain of his MCL and a slight tear of the meniscus. Once Halpern recovers from the MCL sprain, he will undergo reconstructive surgery on his ACL tendon that is expected to require 5-to-6 months of recovery time.
The 32-year-old forward had his skate blade stick in the ice when he was hip checked by Canada defenseman Brent Burns while Halpern carried the puck through the neutral zone. ...More |
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| Special Teams | 19.3 |
57 |
82.1 |
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