Ice hockey striker Marco Rossi will be out for at least one month. According to the “Vorarlberger Nachrichten” (Friday), the 19-year-old will cure himself in his native Rankweil in the coming weeks and will probably only be able to return to the USA in March. Rossi, drafted by Minnesota Wild in November, sustained a previously unspecified upper body injury before team training began.
“The health problems are under control,” his father Michael told the UN, without going into medical details. “But you can say that Marco is on a very good path.” With regard to the hoped-for NHL debut, everything is on track, you don’t have to worry. “He has a long career ahead of him, a few weeks don’t matter.”
Meanwhile, Michael Raffl from Carinthia scored his second NHL goal of the season for the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday. They defeated the New Jersey Devils 3-1 away. Raffl rewarded the strong game of his fourth line with Connor Bunnaman and Nicolas Aube-Kubel at the beginning of the final third (43rd) with the goal to make it 2-1. A little later, Claude Giroux added another goal.
In addition to Raffl, who dusted off after a pole shot from Bunnaman, Flyers goalie Carter Hart also became one of the match winners with 33 shots saved. Philadelphia had already defeated the Devils in their hall on Tuesday with 5: 3. Minnesota Wild won their home game against the Los Angeles Kings 5-3 without Rossi.
NHL-Ergebnisse vom Donnerstag: New Jersey Devils – Philadelphia Flyers (mit Raffl/1 Tor zum 1:2) 1:3, Minnesota Wild (ohne Rossi/verletzt) – Los Angeles Kings 5:3, Washington Capitals – New York Islanders 6:3, Carolina Hurricanes – Tampa Bay Lightning 1:0 n.V., Columbus Blue Jackets – Florida Panthers 3:2 n.P., Colorado Avalanche – San Jose Sharks 3:0, Edmonton Oilers – Toronto Maple Leafs 3:4, Boston Bruins – Pittsburgh Penguins 4:1, Buffalo Sabres – New York Rangers 2:3 n.V., Montreal Canadiens – Calgary Flames 4:2, Dallas Stars – Detroit Red Wings 7:3, Arizona Coyotes – Anaheim Ducks 3:2, Vancouver Canucks – Ottawa Senators 4:1
–
