CHICAGO — Taylor Hall will miss the remainder of the season with the Chicago Blackhawks due to anterior cruciate ligament surgery in his right knee, coach Luke Richardson said Thursday.
The 32-year-old forward, who did not play in the Blackhawks’ 7-3 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday, has four points (two goals, two assists) in 10 games this season.
“He’s very disappointed,” Richardson said. “It just came from an accumulation of a bunch of little injuries and from the game and even in practice the other day, and it became unstable and they have to fix that now.”
Hall initially suffered an injury to his right leg in a 5-3 win against the Lightning on November 9. He had to be helped off the ice after falling backwards on his leg, which was bent beneath him, following a collision with Lightning. Forward Michael Eyssimont in the third period.
Hall missed the next two games, but played back-to-back against the Nashville Predators on Saturday (16:39 of ice time in a 4-2 loss) and Buffalo Sabers on Sunday (17:05 of ice time in a 4-2 loss). 3-2). loss) before missing Chicago’s game against Columbus on Wednesday.
“One guy just knocked him down. Just a minor play and the way he went down was one of the last consequences,” Richardson said. “Then he tried to overcome it and in practice he hit a bump and that ended it.”
Connor Bedard, who was selected with the first pick in the 2023 NHL Draft and played on a line with Hall at times this season, called the news “heartbreaking.”
Fuente: NHL
2023-11-23 20:08:07
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