Awful news out of Lehigh Valley Phantoms camp this Friday: defenseman Logan Pyett, 27, has been diagnosed with sarcoma, a form of cancer, in his upper left leg.
"He will be out indefinitely," general manager Ron Hextall said. "Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with the Pyett family."
Sarcoma is a rare kind of cancer. Sarcomas are different from the much more common carcinomas because they happen in a different kind of tissue. Sarcomas grow in connective tissue -- cells that connect or support other kinds of tissue in your body. These tumors are most common in the bones, muscles, tendons, cartilage, nerves, fat, and blood vessels of your arms and legs, but they can happen anywhere.