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Canucks' Raymond out of Cup decider
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June 16, 2011, Thursday
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VANCOUVER Canucks forward Mason Raymond will miss Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals and is expected to be out for up to four months after fracturing a vertebrae in Monday's game, the National Hockey League team said on Tuesday.
Raymond sustained the injury in the first minute of the contest, which the Boston Bruins won 5-2 to force a decisive seventh game today, and Vancouver officials confirmed he faced a lengthy recovery.
"President and General Manager Mike Gillis announced today that forward Mason Raymond sustained a vertebrae compression fracture," the Canucks said in a statement. "He is expected to be out of the lineup for 3-4 months."
Raymond was hurt 20 seconds into the game when he got pushed backwards into the boards by Bruins defenseman Johnny Boychuk while he was bent at the waist.
Raymond stayed down on the ice for several minutes before being helped off the ice and taken to a Boston hospital.
The speedy winger had two goals and six assists in 24 playoff games this year, In the regular season he recorded 15 goals and 24 assists in 70 games.
Slumping team
Also, the Ottawa Senators named Paul MacLean as their new head coach on Tuesday, hoping the former Detroit Red Wings assistant can turn around a slumping team that missed the playoffs in two of the past three seasons.
MacLean, who spent the last six seasons as an assistant coach to Mike Babcock with the Red Wings, signed a three-year agreement with the Senators and becomes the team's ninth head coach since they re-joined the NHL in 1992-93.
"He has been a winner during his coaching career and comes to Ottawa from an organization that has a history of both success on the ice and in developing players," said Senators General Manager Bryan Murray.
MacLean replaces Cory Clouston in Ottawa, who was fired at the end of the regular season in April after leading the team to a 32-40-10 record that left it in 13th place in the 15-team Eastern Conference.
MacLean, 53, who won a Stanley Cup in 2008 as an assistant in Detroit, this marks his first head-coaching job in the NHL.
Raymond sustained the injury in the first minute of the contest, which the Boston Bruins won 5-2 to force a decisive seventh game today, and Vancouver officials confirmed he faced a lengthy recovery.
"President and General Manager Mike Gillis announced today that forward Mason Raymond sustained a vertebrae compression fracture," the Canucks said in a statement. "He is expected to be out of the lineup for 3-4 months."
Raymond was hurt 20 seconds into the game when he got pushed backwards into the boards by Bruins defenseman Johnny Boychuk while he was bent at the waist.
Raymond stayed down on the ice for several minutes before being helped off the ice and taken to a Boston hospital.
The speedy winger had two goals and six assists in 24 playoff games this year, In the regular season he recorded 15 goals and 24 assists in 70 games.
Slumping team
Also, the Ottawa Senators named Paul MacLean as their new head coach on Tuesday, hoping the former Detroit Red Wings assistant can turn around a slumping team that missed the playoffs in two of the past three seasons.
MacLean, who spent the last six seasons as an assistant coach to Mike Babcock with the Red Wings, signed a three-year agreement with the Senators and becomes the team's ninth head coach since they re-joined the NHL in 1992-93.
"He has been a winner during his coaching career and comes to Ottawa from an organization that has a history of both success on the ice and in developing players," said Senators General Manager Bryan Murray.
MacLean replaces Cory Clouston in Ottawa, who was fired at the end of the regular season in April after leading the team to a 32-40-10 record that left it in 13th place in the 15-team Eastern Conference.
MacLean, 53, who won a Stanley Cup in 2008 as an assistant in Detroit, this marks his first head-coaching job in the NHL.
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