Injury Report: Vol. 5 (Updates in First Post) | Practice @ UPMC66

[JakeNBake59]

being british... never had the chance to skate... should change that now living in Canada, would make for interesting viewing
Can certainly do the hockey side of things though

 

[JTG]

I did that before playing ice hockey. The instructor kept it hockey specific and it was mostly just edge work and balance stuff. I was never fast but always thought my fluidity was my strong suit, and just being able to move around laterally, in reverse, & transitioning without thinking or hesitating.

You definitely need to learn to skate first before you can begin to incorporate the stick & puck. I've seen too many people, kids and adults, give up because they try to learn it all at once. Hockey is two separate sports combined.

I was a decent skater, by no stretch of the imagination ever the best, but I was late to ice hockey. I started ice skating when I was 7 or 8 years old, but before that I did a ton of inline hockey and even more dek. Because of that my hands and specifically my shot were my strong suit up until I quit playing. I could never get my skating up to the level of those other two things, and that ended up being my ultimate demise. I wish I got into ice skating earlier, and I wish I took figure skating lessons - which a coach asked me to do, but didn't want to be judged as a teenager for figure skating.

 

[DegenX]

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[zacharoni16]

So Hornquist was not injured?

 

[DegenX]

Lots of Tweets quoting both Hörnqvist and HCMS saying he isn't/wasn't.

 

[Zirakzigil]

Surprised Letang didn't skate, he seems to alway be out there. Gotta be an incredibly hard time on him and his wife though.

 

[vikingGoalie]

Surprised Letang didn't skate, he seems to alway be out there. Gotta be an incredibly hard time on him and his wife though.

i must be out of the loop, why?

 

[MeticulouslyDishevel]

I'm the only Canadian in the history of the world who's never learned to skate. Got myself in the papers when i was in grade 4 because how bad i was. CBA smh.

I haven't been on skates since I was 12 (and wasn't all that good at the time). I'm actually scared to try.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

i must be out of the loop, why?

His wife had a miscarriage.

 

[DegenX]

Thanks to everyone who has Tweeted the beat reporters for Wilson updates. Per Rorabaugh, there haven't been any updates:

 

[ncm7772]

Thanks to everyone who has Tweeted the beat reporters for Wilson updates. Per Rorabaugh, there haven't been any updates:

That's too bad. I don't think anyone really expected him back, but there was always the small chance.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Whatever was wrong with Wilson anyway? I totally forgot and don't feel like digging through the archives to find it.

 

[DegenX]

Whatever was wrong with Wilson anyway? I totally forgot and don't feel like digging through the archives to find it.

You don't have to dig through the archives. There's a handy table in the first post. The team was not specific. It was 'Lower Body' and 'Will require surgery'.

 

[PensBandwagonerNo272*]

Tons of Canadians don't know how to skate. I encounter hundreds of them every time I go to the local park for a public skate in the winter.

 

[Dying Alive]

It was 'undisclosed' but the PG said it was either his ankle or his foot. I think I remember some tweets about him being in a walking boot so that sounds about right.

 

[ncm7772]

^^^^
This. Ankle or foot, seen in a walking boot. Since there were no specifics, we have no idea a timeframe for his return.

 

[DegenX]

 

[HandshakeLine]

You don't have to dig through the archives. There's a handy table in the first post. The team was not specific. It was 'Lower Body' and 'Will require surgery'.

I know about your rad table, Degen, I just meant I didn't remember it happening and wasn't sure what it was. And we know how much info Sullivan gives out.

But 4 months is a bit of a long time to recover from foot surgery unless he's been totally immobilized.

 

[DegenX]

I know about your rad table, Degen, I just meant I didn't remember it happening and wasn't sure what it was. And we know how much info Sullivan gives out.

But 4 months is a bit of a long time to recover from foot surgery unless he's been totally immobilized.

I might be a liiiiiiiittle sensitive about the updates in the first post thing

But, it hasn't been 4 months. They were both injured in March. Porter's timeline was always the end of this month, and we never got one for Wilson.

 

[Asuna]

If I see Porter in a playoff game, I'm going to explode

 

[StaalForOne]

Besa, as with a lot of guys in the NHL, are as good as they are because they started as figure skaters.

:41 second mark I almost fell out of my office chair, because if I had pivoted that quickly on the ice I would have been bracing for impact.

I took a few power skating lessons that helped me get up to speed (I was also a late starter at 13, but had played roller in the past). Its pretty amazing what a difference it makes. I was never better than a marginal skater, but before those lessons I was a pretty lousy skater. Not that I'm not lousy now, but more so then ha.

It was 'undisclosed' but the PG said it was either his ankle or his foot. I think I remember some tweets about him being in a walking boot so that sounds about right.

I think I recall him blocking a shot around his foot/ankle in his last game.

 

[HandshakeLine]

I might be a liiiiiiiittle sensitive about the updates in the first post thing

But, it hasn't been 4 months. They were both injured in March. Porter's timeline was always the end of this month, and we never got one for Wilson.

Jesus, you're right. I thought for some reason that A) it was June already and B) they got injured in February.

I'm a mess today. Sorry, the end of the semester is always a nightmare.

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

If I see Porter in a playoff game, I'm going to explode

I mean, on one hand, it probably means we're playing for the cup, but on the OTHER.... yeah, I'd probably explode

 

[Deport Ogie]

I mean, even Mike Sullivan at this point could not rationalize playing Kevin Porter over a Rust or a Kuhnhackl right? Right??

 

[905PENS]

Bennett still broken?