{"id":7387,"date":"2017-03-03T15:45:34","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T20:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=7387"},"modified":"2017-03-03T15:45:34","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T20:45:34","slug":"antoine-roussel-out-6-8-weeks-hand-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2017\/03\/03\/antoine-roussel-out-6-8-weeks-hand-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Stars Antoine Roussel Out 6-8 Weeks with Hand Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dallas Stars will be without forward Antoine Roussel<\/a><\/strong> for up to eight weeks, according to a report released by Mark Stepneski on the teams website.<\/a><\/p>\n

Roussel suffered a hand injury last night after blocking a shot from New York Islanders defenceman Johnny Boychuk<\/a><\/strong> in the first period. He left the game for further evaluation and did not return.<\/p>\n

Dallas Stars Antoine Roussel Out 6-8 Weeks with Hand Injury<\/h2>\n

Dallas fell to the New York Islanders 5-4 after allowing four consecutive goals, blowing a promising 3-1 lead. The Stars season record fell to 25-29-10 with a loss last night.<\/p>\n

Stars head coach Lindy Ruff<\/a><\/strong> portrayed his disappointment in a post-game interview<\/a>. “It’s not good news. I don’t have a time frame but it’s going to be a while; in all likelihood the rest of the year. That hurt us.”<\/p>\n

Antoine Roussel has recorded 27 points in 60 games this season, tallying 12 goals and 15 assists. He has been a part of many positive and negative performances this season, resulting in a below .500% record and measly point production. With playoff hopes slowly fading, losing Roussel may have put the finishing touch on Dallas’ below average campaign.<\/p>\n

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Antoine Roussel out 6-8 weeks with hand injury, so he is out for season it appears.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Mark Stepneski (@StarsInsideEdge) March 3, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n