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Hurricanes

Ward leaves game with injury

Nov 7, 2009

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Carolina goaltender Cam Ward was helped
off the ice in the first period of the Hurricanes' game against the
Columbus Blue Jackets.

Ward knelt for a couple of minutes on the ice before he was
attended to by team trainers. As he was being helped off, drops of
blood hit the ice.

Ward stretched to make a save while the Blue Jackets' Rick Nash
was skating through the crease at the 7:35 mark. It appeared Nash
might have nicked Ward in the groin area with a skate.
Michael Leighton replaced Ward in goal.

Ward was taken to a nearby hospital for evaluation.