Is Pascal Dupuis lucky or unlucky?
After nearly 10 months off the ice due to a serious knee injury, it looked like the Pittsburgh Penguins winger's return to action would be cut short at three games when he was stretchered off the ice midway through Thursday's contest against the Dallas Stars.
The faithful breathed a sigh of relief when Dupuis skated alone before Friday's practice at Consol Energy Center.
"He looked fine this morning," head coach Mike Johnston told Sam Kasan of Penguins.com after practice. "He got checked out by the medical staff. He’s been basically cleared by them. They wanted to see him out on the ice and getting his heart rate up."
With the Penguins leading Thursday's game 2-1, Dupuis was cross-checked to the ice in front of the Dallas net by defenseman Alex Goligoski with 6:58 to play in the second period. While he was down, he was hit on the back of the neck by a shot from teammate Kris Letang.
Dupuis got up to one knee before collapsing back to the ice. With both teams looking on with concern, play was stopped for several min ...
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