Thursday, September 25, 2008
Golf Cart Crops NHL Star

The No.1 pick in the 2006 draft tore two ligaments in his right knee during a recent golf outing and is expected to miss the entire season.

Erik Johnson, the St Louis Blues defenceman, was injured during a team golf outing when his right foot got caught between the accelerator and the brake of his golf cart.

Last season, as a rookie, Johnson appeared in 69 games with the Blues, recording five goals, 28 assists and 28 penalty minutes.  


Clubfoot Johnson, not smiling now.

“To say Erik is distraught would be using a kind word,” said team president John Davidson last night. “In our business you get a few curveballs. This is a pretty good curveball.”
A second MRI test on Tuesday confirmed the worst for the Blues as Johnson, who is considered the centrepiece of the team’s youth movement, will miss the National Hockey League season.



9/25/2008 1:46:31 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 


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