Chicago Blackhawks prospect Nathan Noel will miss four to six weeks with an upper-body injury, reports John Macneil of The Chronicle Herald in Halifax.
The 2016 fourth-rounder last played for the Saint John Sea Dogs against the Moncton Wildcats in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action Dec. 7 at home.
Noel has 14 goals and 13 assists in 27 games this season. The 19-year-old forward had a pair of his best games right before he suffered the injury. The 5-foot-11, 174-pounder had hat tricks in consecutive games in the final week of November.