{"id":23182,"date":"2018-02-11T15:19:35","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T20:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=23182"},"modified":"2018-02-11T15:19:35","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T20:19:35","slug":"vancouver-canucks-brock-boeser-injured-out-indefinitely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/02\/11\/vancouver-canucks-brock-boeser-injured-out-indefinitely\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver Canucks Brock Boeser Injured; Out Indefinitely"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/canucks\/\" target=\"_self\">Vancouver Canucks<\/a> announced that right winger <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/boesebr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brock Boeser<\/a> <\/strong>is sidelined indefinitely with a hand injury. Boeser was not in the lineup in Friday&#8217;s 4-1 loss at the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/hurricanes\/\" target=\"_self\">Carolina Hurricanes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brock Boeser out of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Canucks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Canucks<\/a> lineup with hand injury. Return TBD. Story coming on <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MsAZRGfGmt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/MsAZRGfGmt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iain MacIntyre (@imacSportsnet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/imacSportsnet\/status\/962085893283524608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Broke Boeser Injured<\/h1>\n<p>The former University of North Dakota standout was injured after taking a hit from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/lightning\/\" target=\"_self\">Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> defenseman <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/girarda01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dan Girardi<\/a><\/strong> in Thursday&#8217;s 5-2 loss at Tampa. The young winger landed on his hand and underwent an MRI on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>So far this season, he scored 26 goals and 21 assists for 47 points. He also added 14 minutes in penalties. His possession numbers are 48.4 percent Corsi\u00a0and a relative Corsi of +0.6.<\/p>\n<p>Over his one-plus-year NHL career, Boeser has played exclusively for the Vancouver Canucks.\u00a0He has put up 30\u00a0goals and 22\u00a0assists for\u00a052\u00a0career points in\u00a060\u00a0career games. Boeser was originally drafted in the\u00a01st<i>\u00a0<\/i>round,\u00a023rd\u00a0overall of the 2015<i>\u00a0<\/i>NHL draft by the\u00a0Vancouver Canucks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He fell on his hand, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nhl\/2018\/02\/09\/rookie-race-mathew-barzal-has-five-assists-brock-boeser-hurt\/325715002\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">so it&#8217;s a hand injury<\/a>,&#8221; coach <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/greentr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Travis Green<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Canucks\/status\/962093267893522433\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told reporters<\/a>\u00a0before the game. &#8220;We don&#8217;t know the extent of it yet. We didn&#8217;t think he&#8217;d be out and he woke up this morning and it was stiff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>What This Means for the Future<\/h2>\n<p>Vancouver loses a player that is giving fans hope for its future. A wave of December injuries seriously dented the team&#8217;s playoff chances. However, Boeser has injected offence into the lineup and he&#8217;ll likely be a cornerstone for the franchise. His emergence will make it easier to deal with the uncertain future of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sedinhe01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Henrik Sedin<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sedinda01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel Sedin<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Boeser took the league by storm by winning the accurate shot competition at NHL All-Star Weekend in Tampa. Boeser and New York Islanders forward <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/barzama01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mathew Barzal<\/a><\/strong> are the favourites for the Calder Trophy as the league&#8217;s top rookie, but Barzal has a\u00a0chance to pull away and win the award for himself.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:\u00a0NEWARK, NJ &#8211; NOVEMBER 24: Vancouver Canucks right wing Brock Boeser (6) during the National Hockey League game between the New Jersey Devils and the Vancouver Canucks on November 24, 2017, at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. (Photo by Rich Graessle\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vancouver Canucks announced that right winger Brock Boeser is sidelined indefinitely with a hand injury. Boeser was not in the lineup in Friday&#8217;s 4-1 loss at the Carolina Hurricanes. Brock Boeser out of #Canucks lineup with hand injury. Return TBD. Story coming on https:\/\/t.co\/MsAZRGfGmt &mdash; Iain MacIntyre (@imacSportsnet) February 9, 2018 Broke Boeser Injured [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":20308,"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":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26,34],"tags":[1452,700,136,407,155,154,1669,491,42,1571,158],"class_list":["post-23182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canucks","category-news","tag-brock-boeser","tag-calder-trophy","tag-carolina-hurricanes","tag-dan-girardi","tag-daniel-sedin","tag-henrik-sedin","tag-matthew-barzal","tag-new-york-islanders","tag-tampa-bay-lightning","tag-travis-green","tag-vancouver-canucks"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23182","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\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}