{"id":43147,"date":"2019-03-07T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T15:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=43147"},"modified":"2019-03-08T01:01:20","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T06:01:20","slug":"carolina-hurricanes-micheal-ferland-day-to-day-with-upper-body-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/03\/07\/carolina-hurricanes-micheal-ferland-day-to-day-with-upper-body-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Carolina Hurricanes Micheal Ferland Day-to-Day With Upper-Body Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/hurricanes\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carolina Hurricanes<\/a>\u00a0have indicated that forward\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/ferlami01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Micheal Ferland<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is day-to-day with an upper-body-injury. Ferland left the game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/bruins\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boston Bruins<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday with an upper-body injury.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ferland is \u201ca little banged up\u201d and Canes will re-evaluate tomorrow<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sara Civ (@SaraCivian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaraCivian\/status\/1103708541452455936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Micheal Ferland has an upper-body injury and will not return to the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Smith (@MSmithCanes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSmithCanes\/status\/1103094349456461824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h1>Micheal Ferland Injured<\/h1>\n<p>Micheal Ferland laid a shoulder-to-shoulder hit on Bruins&#8217; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/johanma03.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marcus Johansson<\/a><\/strong>. Johansson was helped off the ice, but Ferland continued to play.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the period, Ferland got into a fight with Bruins forward <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/backeda01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Backes<\/a><\/strong>. Ferland went to the locker room\u00a0but came back to the bench after his major penalty. A few minutes later, it was announced that he would not return to the game.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just like old times <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j826ob4VM0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/j826ob4VM0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Canes\/status\/1103088711011651586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Hurricanes have not announced which play caused the injury and the extent of the injury.<\/p>\n<p>So far this season, Ferland has scored 17 goals and 18 assists for 35 points to go along with 40 penalty minutes in 56 games. His possession numbers are percent Corsi and a relative Corsi of 54.5 and -0.8.<\/p>\n<p>Over his four year NHL career, he has played for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/flames\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Calgary Flames<\/a> and the Hurricanes. He has 59 goals and 65 assists for 124 points to go along with 175 penalty minutes in 306 career games. He was originally drafted by the Flames in the fifth round, 133rd overall in the 2010 NHL Draft.<\/p>\n<h2>What This Means For the Future<\/h2>\n<p>Ferland started out the game on the second line with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/staaljo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jordan Staal<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/teravte01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Teuvo Teravainen<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Hurricanes currently sit in third place in the Metropolitan Division with just a one-point lead on the first wild-card team, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/penguins\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a>. If they want to remain in a playoff spot, the Hurricanes as a whole will have to fill in the missing pieces where Ferland would be.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:\u00a0OTTAWA, ON &#8211; JANUARY 06: Carolina Hurricanes Right Wing Micheal Ferland (79) applies pressure on a forecheck during first period National Hockey League action between the Carolina Hurricanes and Ottawa Senators on January 6, 2019, at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, ON, Canada. (Photo by Richard A. Whittaker\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Carolina Hurricanes\u00a0have indicated that forward\u00a0Micheal Ferland\u00a0is day-to-day with an upper-body-injury. Ferland left the game against the Boston Bruins\u00a0on Tuesday with an upper-body injury. Ferland is \u201ca little banged up\u201d and Canes will re-evaluate tomorrow \u2014 Sara Civ (@SaraCivian) March 7, 2019 Micheal Ferland has an upper-body injury and will not return to the game. 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