The rugged winger suffered the injury in Thursday morning's practice and was assisted off the ice by the team's training staff. According to reports, Comeau whiffed on a check and slammed hard into the boards.
No update on Comeau, but looked pretty bad. #CBJ Ryan Craig (lower body) could play Friday if cleared. #CBJ could go w 7 d-men, as well.
— Shawn Mitchell (@smitchcd) January 9, 2014 The Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL) is a fibrous tissue that connects the bottom of the femur and the top of the tibia that, when injured, can be torn partially (mild sprain) or completely (severe sprain) - and usually involves damage to the ACL and meniscus.
Assuming from the time frame given for recovery, Comeau probably suffered a severe sprain but no injury to the ACL, which would have probably invovlved a longer recovery period and probably surgery.
Comeau has been every durable, playing in all 43 games, finding twine three times and helping on eight goals while averaging 12:22 of ice time per contest.
http://www.sportsinjuryalert.com/2014/01/blue-jackets-comeau-on-ir-with-mcl.html
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