{"id":3777,"date":"2016-11-30T00:27:33","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T05:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=3777"},"modified":"2016-11-30T00:27:33","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T05:27:33","slug":"boston-bruins-john-michael-liles-out-with-concussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2016\/11\/30\/boston-bruins-john-michael-liles-out-with-concussion\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Bruins John-Michael Liles Out Indefinitely With Concussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Boston Bruins<\/strong> announced before their November 29th game against the <strong>Philadelphia Flyers<\/strong> that defenseman <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lilesjo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John-Michael Liles<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0has been placed on injured reserve with a concussion. Liles sustained the injury during the first period of Boston&#8217;s Saturday game against the <strong>Tampa Bay Lightning<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">John-Michael Liles has been diagnosed with a concussion &amp; will be sidelined indefinitely as the team follows the NHL&#39;s concussion protocols.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLBruins\/status\/803753961014657024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Boston Bruins Announce\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lilesjo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John-Michael Liles<\/a> Has A Concussion<\/h1>\n<p>Liles joined the Bruins at the 2016 trade deadline from the Carolina Hurricanes, having previously spent time with the <strong>Colorado Avalanche<\/strong>, <strong>Toronto Maple Leafs<\/strong>. The thirteen-year veteran has earned five assists on the season so far, averaging 16 minutes of ice time a night. His injury came at 2:24 of the first period against the Lightning. Liles tripped over the stick of goaltender\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bishobe01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Bishop<\/a><\/strong> and went hard into the boards. He was helped off the ice and did not return to the game.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">John-Michael Liles went hard into the boards during the PK. Spent some time being tended to on the ice, before getting help down the tunnel.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLBruins\/status\/802939548196098048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The team felt Liles&#8217;s absence during the Philadelphia game, with his injury leaving the team without their two most experienced defensemen (team captain\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/charazd01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zdeno Chara<\/a><\/strong> left the November 22nd game against the\u00a0<strong>St.<\/strong> <strong>Louis Blues<\/strong> with a lower-body injury and did not return). Young players such as <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/carlobr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brandon Carlo<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/morrojo02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joseph Morrow<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/milleke03.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kevan Miller<\/a><\/strong>, who just came off of injured reserve himself, have had to pick up the slack, with 20-year-old Carlo coming second to only <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/krugto01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Torey Krug<\/a><\/strong> in ice time in the Bruins&#8217; 3-2 shootout loss.<\/p>\n<p>There is no timeline for Liles&#8217; return. Per the <strong>NHL<\/strong>&#8216;s concussion protocol, he will remain on the injured list\u00a0until he\u00a0has been cleared by team doctors and passes the required tests.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/625644150\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/625644150?et=WVkbArKgQTZ0qg47xfqCWQ&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=VnBTLCEwkGrlv0WQ1Dcinnc4dhLtpoeTpAOIJiJ8G8I=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Bruins announced before their November 29th game against the Philadelphia Flyers that defenseman John-Michael Liles\u00a0has been placed on injured reserve with a concussion. Liles sustained the injury during the first period of Boston&#8217;s Saturday game against the Tampa Bay Lightning. John-Michael Liles has been diagnosed with a concussion &amp; will be sidelined indefinitely [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":3785,"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":[5,34],"tags":[90,37,962,38],"class_list":["post-3777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bruins","category-news","tag-boston-bruins","tag-hockey","tag-john-michael-liles","tag-nhl"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3777","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\/239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}