Detroit Red Wings’ Chris Osgood Out Six to Eight Weeks
It was just a couple of weeks ago that the Detroit Red Wings were hit hard with the news that their defenseman Brad Stuart had a broken jaw and would be out six to eight weeks recovering. At least the attacker, Tom Kostopoulos from Calgary did get a six-game suspension.
However, now the Red Wings have received even more bad news for their team. Goalie Chris Osgood will now also be off the ice for six to eight weeks due to a sports hernia.
Osgood has had an examination displaying that he does in fact have a sports hernia but until the doctor gets in to perform the surgery, the extent of the injury isn’t fully known. We do know that he is going to miss several weeks. If there isn’t a significant tear then he’ll likely only be out four to six weeks, depending on long it takes him to recover; otherwise, if a considerable tear is seen by the doctor then the Red Wings will be without one of their star goalies for eight weeks.
After just recently becoming the 10thgoaltender in the history of the NHL to reach 400 wins, Osgood is now scheduled to undergo surgery today, Tuesday, January 11, with Dr. William Meyer performing the hernia surgery in Philadelphia.
This isn’t something that just crept up on the goaltender as Osgood has been experiencing major discomfort for the past couple of months, but has been fighting the pain and playing through it. However, he couldn’t do that any longer over the weekend during practice on Saturday morning. He was supposed to start in Saturday’s game against Vancouver but when he experienced a more significant amount of pain than what he normally has been, he ended up dressing at the backup. He went home after being unable to perform fully in practice, headed to Philadelphia on Monday at which time he was diagnosed with a sports hernia and the surgery for Tuesday was scheduled.
Stuart and Osgood aren’t the only two players that the Red Wings will be without over the next few weeks as they will be without Danny Cleary who is out with an ankle injury, forward Mike Modano is out with his wrist and Pavel Datsyuk is out with his hand. These players likely won’t be back until next month and there is no set timetable on their return. The team is obviously hoping they are able to come back out on the ice earlier in the month of February rather than later, but that is yet to be determined.
With Osgood’s absence, Minor League goaltender Joey MacDonald was called up from the AHL in order to be a backup goalie to starting goalie Jimmy Howard.
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