{"id":37174,"date":"2018-10-23T14:26:08","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T18:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=37174"},"modified":"2018-10-23T14:26:08","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T18:26:08","slug":"philadelphia-flyers-michael-raffl-out-4-to-6-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/10\/23\/philadelphia-flyers-michael-raffl-out-4-to-6-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Flyers Michael Raffl Out 4 to 6 Weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/flyers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philadelphia Flyers<\/a> have announced forward <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/rafflmi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Raffl<\/a><\/strong> is out four to six weeks with a lower-body\u00a0injury.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">INJURY UPDATE: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Flyers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Flyers<\/a> forward Michael Raffl will be out approximately 4-6 weeks with a lower-body injury. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XtJKHRwPOm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/XtJKHRwPOm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLFlyers\/status\/1054780791224442880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 23, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h1><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Philadelphia Flyers Michael Raffl Out 4 to 6 Weeks<\/h1>\n<p>Raffl suffered the injury in the Flyers 4-1 loss to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/avalanche\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colorado Avalanche<\/a>, October 22nd. Raffl suffered the injury after taking a hit from Colorado&#8217;s <strong>Patrick Nemeth<\/strong> in the second period.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Raffl&#8217;s injury. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6s7TXXe0Mi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/6s7TXXe0Mi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Broad Street Hockey (@BroadStHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BroadStHockey\/status\/1054531339591041025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 23, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After the hit, Raffle needed to be helped off the ice by Flyers trainer\u00a0Jim McCrossin as he couldn&#8217;t put any weight on his left leg.<\/p>\n<p>Originally undrafted, the Austrian forward has spent his entire five-year career with the Flyers. In 354 NHL games, Raffl has netted 64 goals and 110 points. For his career, Raffl has a Corsi % for of 53.0. Through nine games this year, Raffl has put up two assists. Raffl is a key penalty killer for the Flyers, who will miss his defensive prowess.<\/p>\n<h2>Walking Wounded<\/h2>\n<p>Raffl is just the latest\u00a0Flyers forward to get bit by the injury bug. The Flyers have been without\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/v\/vanrija01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James van Riemsdyk<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/patrino01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nolan Patrick<\/a><\/strong> early on this year as well. van Riemsdyk was ruled out for five to six weeks on October eighth with a lower-body injury. Patrick missed some time as well with an upper-body injury.<\/p>\n<p>Look for\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/knighco01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Corban Knight<\/a><\/strong> or <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/v\/vorobmi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mikhail Vorobyev<\/a><\/strong> to take Raffl&#8217;s place on the Flyers fourth line. Both players are center&#8217;s by trade but have played on the wing.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"wbPYV8P6SIFq3ogVGCljGg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1054087372\" 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:'wbPYV8P6SIFq3ogVGCljGg',sig:'MbJI3UD8MrbJjPBqByu6w6OIL9ZmW16IbGYRw1hPjhs=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1054087372',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script>San Jose Sharks v Philadelphia Flyers<br \/>\nPHILADELPHIA, PA &#8211; OCTOBER 09: Michael Raffl #12 of the Philadelphia Flyers warms up before the game against the San Jose Sharks at the Wells Fargo Center on October 9, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Drew Hallowell\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Philadelphia Flyers have announced forward Michael Raffl is out four to six weeks with a lower-body\u00a0injury. INJURY UPDATE: #Flyers forward Michael Raffl will be out approximately 4-6 weeks with a lower-body injury. https:\/\/t.co\/XtJKHRwPOm \u2014 Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) October 23, 2018 Philadelphia Flyers Michael Raffl Out 4 to 6 Weeks Raffl suffered the injury in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2024,"featured_media":37176,"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":[16,34],"tags":[3119,127,38,683,126],"class_list":["post-37174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flyers","category-news","tag-james-van-reimsdyk","tag-michael-raffl","tag-nhl","tag-nolan-patrick","tag-philadelphia-flyers"],"modified_by":"Connor Lapalme","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37174","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\/2024"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}