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The good news from the image below is that Lightning center Jeff Halpern was able to skate off the ice guided by teammate Paul Martin and Lightning trainer Tom Mulligan. The bad news, Halpern was only able to skate off on one leg after sustaining a serious knee injury Tuesday while representing the United States in a game vs. Canada at the World Hockey Championships.
After flying to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Halpern was diagnosed with a ruptured ACL of his right knee in addition to a Grade III sprain to his MCL and a slight tear to the lateral meniscus. He will wait 4-6 weeks to allow the MCL injury to heal before undergoing reconstructive surgery on the ACL tendon. He is expected to miss 5-6 months of action from the time of the surgery on the ACL, which means the earliest Halpern would be ready to return to action would be later December to early January.
Halpern was serving as team captain for the U.S. under head coach John Tortorella.
Halpern joins teammates Vinny Lecavalier and Paul Ranger, who both had shoulder surgery performed by Dr. James Andrews last month on torn labrums, who face extensive rehabilitation this summer in order to be ready for the start of training camp.
Photo courtesty of the Canadian Press via TSN.ca.
Posted by Thom Mesrobian, on 05/07 at 05:50 PM
Hey E.E.
Not that I would like to see this because I love Torts but do you think there will be any chatter re: Paul Maurice coming to Tampa Bay. It makes sense in the fact that he would bring a canadian connection for Vinny/Marty and he knows the southeast division (even though the landscape has changed a lot since he was at Carolina) Just wondering if you had heard anything.
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Posted by Seth C, Georgia on 05/07 at 06:08 PM
Why would we want Maurice? He’s a sub-.500 coach who’s made the playoffs a grand total of 3 times in his 11 NHL seasons and managed to alienate the leader and best player on his team this season. He’s never won more than 40 games in an NHL season, and his system would clash horribly with our team built for puck pursuit.
As for Halpern: the nightmare season just won’t end, even after it’s finished apparently. Here’s hoping he’s 100% for next season. He was easily the best player on this team down the stretch this year, with Vinny clearly playing hurt and Marty looking completely out of synch.