Matt Duchene Injury: Updates on Avalanche Center’s Knee and Return

March 22nd, 2016 by Adam Wells Leave a reply »
As the Colorado Avalanche look to keep their playoff hopes alive, they will continue to be without star center Matt Duchene due to a knee injury. 

Continue for updates. 

Duchene To Miss At Least 2 Games Tuesday, March 22 According to the Avalanche's official Twitter, Duchene will miss the next two games and be re-evaluated after that. 

Duchene has already missed Colorado's last two games after injuring his left knee during a game against Vancouver on March 16. Roger Millions of SportsNet Calgary reported hearing that the Avs' center would miss "7-10 days."

Colorado head coach Patrick Roy told Mike Acuri of the Denver Post on March 18 that Duchene's official status was "day-to-day," but that the team remained hopeful he would "be able to recover pretty fast."

Losing Duchene is a huge blow for the Avalanche, who are seven points behind Nashville for fourth place in the Central Division with nine games remaining. The 25-year-old leads the team in goals (29), surpassing his previous career high of 27 in 2010-11, and points (56). 

In the same report from the Avs' Twitter account, starting ce ...

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