Canes' Williams out 4 to 6 Months With Knee Injury

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Canes' Williams out 4 to 6 Months With Knee Injury

Dec 21, 2007

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The Carolina Hurricanes' season suffered a stunning blow on Friday when the team announced right wing Justin Williams will have reconstructive knee surgery and will be out of action four to six months.

Williams suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee Thursday in a 5-4 loss at the Florida Panthers.

The surgery will be scheduled next week.

Williams, 26, has nine goals and 21 assists (30 points) in 36 games this season, and is tied for fifth on the team in scoring. Williams, a native of Cobourg, Ont., has 121 goals and 185 assists (306 points) in 458 career NHL games with Philadelphia and Carolina, and played in his first NHL All-Star Game in 2007.

Prior to Thursday's injury, Williams had played in 205 consecutive regular-season games for the Hurricanes from March 27, 2004 until Dec. 20, 2007, the fourth-longest consecutive games played streak in franchise history.

The Hurricanes play at Tampa Bay Saturday night .

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". Now if we could just do something with Grahame."

Like get rid of him.
It was a mistake letting start three games in a row. If the Canes do not solve their poor Goal tending and PK problems, they'll miss the playoffs again.

"Meanwhile, they've got to do something about their defense."

And more importantly, so something about their PK. It's last in the league. Hard to beleive, but true.

Poor Jackadupe. Trying so hard to make a point when there isnt any.
I guess following his logic, the Internet will soon disappear. After all, people around here have been watching TV since the 50s.

Bring up Brookbank and add some spark to this team!

This news sucks. Hopefully some others can step in and up their goal production. Meanwhile, they've got to do something about their defense. The Canes are in 4th place in the goals scored per game category, but 4th from the bottom in goals againt.

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