Gabriel Dumont skated in towards the Utica Comets goaltender this past Saturday. It was just a minute into their game and the Syracuse Crunch were already on the power play. Their captain was establishing a presence in front of the net when he stopped awkwardly. It was just a small twinge, something that happens every game and wouldn’t even draw notice if he hadn’t slowly skated off the ice and not returned for the rest of the night.
Was that the moment he suffered his “lower body injury”? It’s tough to say. With the lack of transparency in professional hockey, a player could have his hand sliced off by an errant skate blade and after the game his coach would vaguely confirm that it actually happened.