{"id":110409,"date":"2021-05-23T23:39:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T03:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=110409"},"modified":"2021-05-24T00:27:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T04:27:49","slug":"colorado-avalanche-alex-newhook-leaves-game-four-with-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/05\/23\/colorado-avalanche-alex-newhook-leaves-game-four-with-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Avalanche Alex Newhook Leaves Game Four With Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Young Colorado Avalanche forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/newhoal01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Newhook<\/a> left Game 4 against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/blues\/\" target=\"_self\">St. Louis Blues<\/a> with a lower-body injury. Newhook played only two shifts before leaving the game in the first period and did not return.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alex Newhook (lower body) will not return to the game.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Avalanche PR (@AvsPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AvsPR\/status\/1396588049937539072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Alex Newhook Injured During Game 4 Against St. Louis<\/h2>\n<p>The Colorado rookie was pushed into the boards during his first shift of the game. He went to the bench in some pain, but went out for a quick second shift before leaving to the locker room. Newhook didn&#8217;t come back to finish the period. Later, the Avalanche announced that Newhook sustained a lower-body injury and was not returning to the game.<\/p>\n<p>Newhook scored his first NHL goal (and game-winning goal) in Game 3 against the Blues on Friday in a 5-1 victory. The 20-year-old player had three assists in six games during the regular season and has suited up for all three playoff games with Colorado. Newhook has been a great addition for Colorado playing in the fourth line with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bellepi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pierre-Edouard Bellemare<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/soderca01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carl Soderberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means For The Future<\/h3>\n<p>The injury curse has followed them into the playoffs and keeps taking out their youngsters. They lost both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/o\/oconnlo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Logan O&#8217;Connor<\/a>, who had to go through surgery and is out long term, and the rookie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/byrambo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bowen Byram<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/03\/29\/colorado-avalanche-bowen-byram-scratched-upper-body-injury\/\" target=\"_self\">late in March<\/a>. Now they have also lost Newhook who just arrived and has been helping the team a lot.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, this is not the most alarming situation since their best players are still healthy. Most importantly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/grubaph01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philipp Grubauer<\/a> has continued to be flawless. However, losing players to injuries is never good.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, the Avalanche injury list is formed by defenceman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/johnser01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Erik Johnson<\/a>, goaltender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/francpa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pavel Francouz<\/a>, and forwards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/calvema01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Calvert<\/a>, O&#8217;Connor and Newhook. Goalie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/dubnyde01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Devan Dubnyk<\/a> has been taken off the COVID Protocol List, but is still working on conditioning.<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kadrina01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nazem Kadri<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/05\/20\/nazem-kadri-hearing-facing-suspension\/\" target=\"_self\">suspended for eight games<\/a> and Newhook now injured, the Avalanche fans might see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/o\/obrieli01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liam O&#8217;Brien<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sherwki01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kiefer Sherwood<\/a> in the lineup sooner rather than later. On the bright side, the rookie defenceman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/byrambo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bowen Byram<\/a> has been cleared from his concussion and is ready to play. Maybe the youngster can see some playoff ice during the run for the Stanley Cup.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"wMzo3nL6QQxru_ujGB34Tg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1319361348\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'wMzo3nL6QQxru_ujGB34Tg',sig:'sEYuB4oxIaXZyBHE2CNWDJzS9vlyBSxZgml2BIKgsGE=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1319361348',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Young Colorado Avalanche forward Alex Newhook left Game 4 against the St. Louis Blues with a lower-body injury. Newhook played only two shifts before leaving the game in the first period and did not return. Alex Newhook (lower body) will not return to the game. &mdash; Avalanche PR (@AvsPR) May 23, 2021 Alex Newhook Injured [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3683,"featured_media":110442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,4547,6671,34,4548],"tags":[3507,955],"class_list":["post-110409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avalanche","category-hockey","category-injuries","category-news","category-nhl","tag-alex-newhook","tag-nhl-news"],"modified_by":"Josh Erickson","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3683"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}