Gorilla Crouch

Kronner seemed less than thrilled when the
puckbunnies offered to massage his sacrum
Flickr photo: codechick

The recently redesigned Red Wings website includes some nice new stories, including this one about Niklas Kronwall getting back on the ice. His rehab stint from a broken sacrum appears to be progressing fairly well:

Summer vacation ended early for defenseman Niklas Kronwall, who was back at Joe Louis Arena on Tuesday to begin a 10-14 day rehabilitation assignment for a fractured sacrum suffered on March 30.

“It feels pretty good,” said Kronwall, who skated in the Red Wings top prospects camp. “There’s still some swelling and some things that I’m not able to do in the gym yet. But I’m sure after these next two weeks I’ll be…healthy.”

The prognosis was that he would likely miss the entire playoffs but might have had a shot at making a comeback if Detroit would have advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals. But that ended up being a bit overly optimistic.

Originally, it was speculated that Kronwall would miss 6-8 weeks. Though he did make the trip to Anaheim for Games 3 and 4, he was relegated to working out off-ice daily, and never did receive a clean bill of health to return to action.

So what started out as a 6-8 week injury has evolved into three-plus months.

The good news is it sounds like he should be fully healthy in time for Training Camp.

Congratulations to Christy over at Behind the Jersey who is going to intern for the Detroit Red Wings! She recently interned for the Plymouth Whalers and will do a great job working in the PR department.

Niklas Kronwall Red Wings

July 10th, 2007
Categories: Red Wings . Author: Dave

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