Tampa Bay's Boyle has hand surgery Tampa, FL (Sports Network) - Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Dan Boyle had
successful surgery on his left wrist on Sunday.
The surgery was required after he had three tendons in his wrist completely
severed when a skate fell on his wrist in the locker room on Saturday after
the team's 2-1 loss to Washington.
The surgery took place at University Community Hospital and was performed by
team physician Dr. Ira Guttentag and hand specialist Dr. Richard Gray. Boyle
is expected to be out four-to-six weeks.
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Tampa Bay Lightning center Jeff Halpern (USA) suffered a torn ACL on a hit by Minnesota Wild defenseman Brent Burns (Canada) during Tuesday game.
Our View:Halpern finished the NHL season red-hot, with 18 points in 19 games, after being traded from the Dallas Stars. Halpern's 10 goals with the Lightning matched the number he had posted in the previous 64 games with the Stars.
Paul Ranger had surgery to repair a torn labrum in his shoulder earlier this week with the procedure being performed by Dr. James Andrews, according to the AP.
Our View:The prognosis is good with Ranger and he should be back on the ice for the start of next season, good news for a Lightning squad that was the recipient of his career-high totals in goals (10) and points (31).
Martin St. Louis was named a finalist for the Lady Byng award given each year to the player who "exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability,” according to NHL.com.
Our View:St. Louis is a finalist for the third time after leading NHL forward in ice-time for the second straight year. He also scored 83 points and had only 26 PIM, a pretty low total considering the fact that his team was awful and he was a (-23). He should get the award for not snapping and going postal on someone just for that.
