Chicago Blackhawks' forward Brian Bickell suffered what the team is calling a lower body injury on Tuesday night against the Colorado Avalanche. and will be out for a couple of weeks.
Bickell appeared to catch a rut in the ice in the low slot while sprinting toward the net as part of a three-on-two rush with nine minutes remaining in the first period, and slid into the goal post, knocking the goal off it's moorings - remaining prone on the ice before gingerly skating off the.
The five-year NHL veteran was taken immediately to the room for evaluation and did not return.
"Bick is likely out a couple weeks, hopefully we will now a little more as we progress but likely that is the time frame," coach Joel Quenneville said on Thursday morning.
Not all the news is bad for the defending champs, however, as team captain Marian Hossa will lace them up on Thursday night for the first time in three games after recovering from the ambiguous lower body injury himself, as they visit the Winnipeg Jets.
Bickell appeared to have injured his lower leg, possibly his ankle, as his right leg contacted the goal post hard enough to move the goal. The team announced that they had recalled forward Jeremy Morin from the Rockford IceHogs of the AHL and it is expected that he will replace Bickell on the Blackhawks' third line.
"He brings your team game, he solidifies your team game," Quenneville said of Bickell "he plays important minutes for us and the time when he is on the ice, his effectiveness of how we want to play and how we play is really enhanced."
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