Symptoms can be as mild as a slight headache or as intense as unconsciousness or convulsions. Sometimes, there's no symptoms present until days after the fact. So when New York Islanders' team trainers pulled defenseman Travis Hamonic from the Islanders' 4-2 win at Dallas on January 12th, it was originally thought that he was suffering from the flu.
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| Hamonic at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday |
But when rest and hydration weren't working to get Hamonic feeling better, they decided to send him back to New York for further testing.
That was nearly three weeks ago, and Hamonic is still dealing with the symptoms, so on Tuesday, the team placed him on their injured reserved list retroactive to the 12th and have recalled defenseman Matt Donovan from AHL Bridgeport to fill the roster spot.
"He's starting to progress a little bit but still not feeling well,” head coach Jack Capuano told beat writers after Tuesday afternoon's skate at Yankee Stadium. “It’s a little bit of a process with him and just take it as it goes.”
Of course, that meant that Hamonic missed his team's 2-1 loss to the New York Rangers at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday night, but was at the outdoor venue for the team photo and was able to participate in the family skate.
“We don’t have any timetable for him,” Capuano added. “It’s a situation with him where we have to make sure he's 100 percent.”
Donovan, who arrived in Bridgeport and was sent immediately back to the city, has nine points and a minus-3 rating while averaging 24:57 of ice time in 47 games this season.
http://www.sportsinjuryalert.com/2014/01/update-concussion-forces-isles-hamonic.html
Donovan was sent from New York down to Bridgeport on Monday when fellow defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky was activated from the IR following a protracted stay on the list due to - you guessed it - a concussion.
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