Injury Update

by andidee15 on Dec 15, 2011 12:00 PM MST in Avalanche News & Notes

After my lovely time trying to compile injury data for my seamless glass post last summer, I decided to keep track of the Avs injuries while they happened this year so there would be a record SOMEWHERE of the duration of each injury and how it was caused. I just updated it, so this list should be current as of last game. Please let me know if I have any mistakes. I'll keep re-posting this every month or so from here on out.

Also, if anyone is curious about injuries to the other teams in the league, this site is a great reference tool. They've not updated their totals in a bit, but at the end of November, the Avs were one of the 5 LEAST injured clubs in the league. Crazy, right?

We're on pace for about 161 MGL this year, or approximately 1/3 of the 474 we lost last year. I just hope we can stay healthy going into the second part of the season.

***Table does not include totals from players that have not played with the club this year (Olver, Rissmiller, etc.)***

(TCD = Training Camp Day, PSG = Preseason Game, RS MGL = Regular Season Man-Game Lost)

#	Name	Injury	Cause	Injury Date	Injury Game #	Opponent	Return Date	RS MGL
44	Wilson	Hand	Blocked Shot	19-Sep	TCD 3	-	8-Oct	0
8	Hejda	Knee	Unknown	20-Sep	TCD 4	Burg. & White	8-Oct	0
18	Yip	Broken Arm	Blocked Shot	23-Sep	PSG 2	Blues	17-Dec	18
88	Mueller	Head	Post Concussion	12-Oct	3	Blue Jackets	-	28
6	Johnson	Groin	Bag Skate	20-Nov	21	Sharks	4-Dec	5
17	Kobasew	Leg	Unknown	2-Dec	26	Blues	6-Dec	1
26	Stastny	Torso	Hit	4-Dec	27	Red Wings	13-Dec	3
44	Wilson	Head	Hit	6-Dec	28	Canucks	-	2
17	Kobasew	Head	Hit	9-Dec	30	Oilers	-	1
18	Yip	Groin	Unknown	9-Dec	30	Oilers	-	1
	Total							59

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Good work andi!

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by Hopfenkopf on Dec 15, 2011 12:06 PM MST reply actions

We’re on pace for about 161 MGL this year, or approximately 1/3 of the 474 we lost last year.

Hey, at least we can take pride in something!!!!!! Did we upgrade our medical textbooks from the 1850’s to the 1910’s? I heard that we’re using leeches to treat our concussed players! Suck out the bad brain blood, put in the good brain blood.

Or it is the new glass?

I just hope we can stay healthy going into the second part of the season.

…. which is when we start to get castrated by injuries. So what you’re saying, is we’re due? Awesome!

by Markopolo on Dec 15, 2011 12:52 PM MST reply actions

Actually, I almost posted this above, but we had already lost 118 by the end of November last year. We only lost 44 by the end of this November. We might get a few more as the months go on, but I don’t think we’ll see anywhere near the catastrophe we witnessed last season.

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by andidee15 on Dec 15, 2011 1:56 PM MST up reply actions

Don’t you miss the carefree, naive days when we all thought the team would win if they could just get past the ridiculous number of injuries?

by Andy_ on Dec 15, 2011 3:03 PM MST up reply actions

We have how many guys out with “head injuries” plus Olver and Hishon… yet no one mentions anyone from the Avs.

I was shocked when the local radio here in Vancouver mentioned Mueller. For a guy who’s missed a year and almost half of hockey, you’d think he’d get mentioned along with the Savards too.

Paul Stastny did, what Paul Stastny does. Score big goals.

by amit916 on Dec 15, 2011 2:26 PM MST reply actions

Yeah, it’s depressing. We currently have Olver, Hishon, Mueller, Wilson, and Kobasew out with head injuries. 4 of those guys haven’t even celebrated their 25th birthday yet, and just like any head injury, there’s a chance they may never play hockey again. I hope it’s not that serious and they can all get back in the lineup at some point, but head injuries are scary and we’ve had more than our fair share over the past year.

I wonder if other teams are as concussed as we are. I should check that out.

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by andidee15 on Dec 15, 2011 2:32 PM MST up reply actions

As of 12-8-11

Now on to the stats for this month (using 27 games as the average);

0.04 Head/Concussion per Game
1.33 Head/Concussion per "Game Night"
5.22% of the active NHL roster has been affected
Team Breakdown:
CLB, MIN – 4
PIT – 3
BOS, BUF, COL, DET, NAS, NYI, STL – 2
CAL, CHI, DAL, EDM, FLA, NJ, NYR, OTW, PHX, TOR, WAS – 1
ANA, CAR, LA, MON, PHI, SJ, TB, VAN, WIN – 0

Thanks to The Concussion Blog.

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by andidee15 on Dec 15, 2011 2:36 PM MST up reply actions

Stastny actually played against Detroit (injured in the third period), so unless I missed something and he’s already out for tonight, didn’t he only miss 3 games?

Datsyuk may have done it first, but he learned it from Peter Forsberg.

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by Americanario on Dec 15, 2011 4:52 PM MST reply actions

True. I shall update that. I’ll update Wilson’s as well.

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by andidee15 on Dec 15, 2011 4:59 PM MST up reply actions

Wilson’s I wasn’t sure on since he did leave early into the game. He did miss most of the game, but I wasn’t sure how they actually calculate games missed.

Datsyuk may have done it first, but he learned it from Peter Forsberg.

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by Americanario on Dec 15, 2011 5:21 PM MST up reply actions