COLUMBUS, Ohio — Pierre-Edouard Bellemare appears ready to play again and the Golden Knights are anxious to have the veteran center back.
Bellemare suffered an upper-body injury Feb. 17 against Montreal and has missed seven games after being placed on injured-reserve. But he skated without restrictions Monday at the team’s practice at Nationwide Arena and Bellemare hoped to be in the lineup Tuesday when the Knights face the Columbus Blue Jackets.
“We’ll see how I feel,” Bellemare said after practice, where he skated with Tomas Nosek and Ryan Reaves. “You never want to be on the sideline.