Olympic silver medalist Amanda Kessel returned to skating and could play for the University of Minnesota this season, Gophers coach Brad Frost said Tuesday.
“At this point it’s completely unknown,” Frost said. “She’s just doing some exertional rehab and testing the waters.”
Kessel, 24 and the younger sister of NHL All-Star and Olympian Phil Kessel, hasn’t played a game since the Sochi 2014 Olympic final loss to Canada.
In September 2014, it was first reported she suffered a concussion before the Olympics. Kessel, who missed a series of fall 2013 Olympic lead-up games, played all five games in Sochi while being hampered by what she said was a hip injury.