When Dougie Hamilton was on the ice injured last night in Columbus being tended to by Carolina Hurricanes athletic trainer Doug Bennett, astute lip-readers picked up on the fact that Hamilton seemed to mouth “I think I broke my leg”. Turns out, Hamilton knew what he was talking about.
Nick Kypreos of Sportsnet reported Friday that Hamilton suffered a broken fibula when he became entangled with the Blue Jackets’ Kevin Stenlund late in the second period of the Hurricanes’ 3-2 loss Thursday night. Inasmuch as a broken leg can ever be considered a best-case scenario, there is no report of torn ligaments and no apparent knee or ankle injury to speak of.