Injury Bug Hitting Moose

Just like last season, the injury bug is hitting your Halifax Mooseheads hard. Unlike last year however, the team will not have to be without the players for too long.

The biggest losses have been on the defense. During home opening weekend your Mosoeheads played with an all rookie defense core because Austyn Hardie and Jessie Lussier were both out with injuries. Now it is shifting to the forwards.

Rookie Josh Fitzgerald began the season on the sidelines with a concussion that came from a pre-season game hit. Hardie on the other hand missed the first games because of a charley horse sustained during a practice before the season started. 20 year old vertern Lussier is out for 6-8 weeks (down to about 4-6 now) because of a broken wrist. Lussier suffered the injury in Halifax's season opener in Bathurst. During the Herd's hope game versus the Saint John Sea Dogs, Cavan Fitzgerald injured himself and is now out for eight weeks with a fractured patella (knee cap).

It was announced today that the Mooseheads will now be without forwards Sam Leblanc and Vincent Watt for a bit. Leblanc has an undisclosed lower body injury and will be out 3-6 weeks according to Chronicle Herald reporter Willy Palov. Watt is out day-to-day with what Palov called an upper body injury.

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Expect a couple of new faces in the lineup when Halifax hosts the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies on Thursday night at Scotiabank Centre.

Not only have the Moose had to contend with injuries but players off at camps and suspensions as well in the first 3 weeks of the season. Matt Murphy, Zach Fucale, Danny Moynihan and Philippe Gadoury were away at NHL camps but are now back in the lineup. Gadoury was actually sent back shortly after NHl camps began as he failed the physical because of headaches. Kelly Bent was suspended for one game and missed the season opener. The Q also announced that Moynihan has been suspended and will miss Thursday's game.