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Injured Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon is back on the ice, but he won’t play vs. Montreal

Avalanche star center Nathan MacKinnon practiced Tuesday as if he was close to playing. Donning a red non-contact jersey, the team’s leading scorer was the first one on the ice in a pre-practice skate and was the last player to leave the ice after practice.

Here’s Nathan MacKinnon just now before #Avs practice, exactly two weeks after his shoulder injury. Was supposed to miss 2-4 weeks. He looks close but still in red non-contact sweater pic.twitter.com/a8JAPqqmBx

— Mike Chambers (@MikeChambers) February 13, 2018

It was his first full team practice since suffering a shoulder injury Jan.