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Modano says it could be a while...or not?
Here's an excerpt from tomorrow's notes: Mike Modano was flying through a morning skate practice on Friday and looked good, whipping shots on net, flipping backhanded passes to teammates and skating with the natural stride that looks all too smooth...
Rib injury flares up, probably will keep Dallas Stars center Mike Modano off road trip
dallasnews.com — 12:00 AM CDT on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 By MIKE HEIKA / The Dallas Morning News mheika@dallasnews.com... Mike Modano was flying through a morning skate practice Friday and looking good, whipping shots on net, flipping backhand passes to teammates and ... (more) Rib injury flares up, probably will keep Dallas Stars ...
Mike Modano's Return Uncertain
Mike Modano's Return Uncertain
defendingbigd.com — When Mike Modano suffered a rib injury on opening night on October 3rd, it was first thought... he's miss just a week at most. Then doctor's discovered what was a "small crack" in the rib and the timetable expanded a bit. Lately Modano has been upgraded to "day to day" as he's skated and ... (more) Mike Modano's Return Uncertain
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Modano Day-To-Month
Kuklas Korner — ... one-timer from (Mike) Ribeiro, and it just fell apart,” Modano said of a tweak to a rib injury that has kept him out since the first game of the season. And so the Stars center went from thinking he would be in the lineup Monday against the Kings to not knowing when he might return. He said he doubts he will be on the Stars’ three-game road trip that starts Wednesday in Anaheim and lists himself as “day to day for the next month.” more on the Stars…

Mike Modano's Return Uncertain
Defending Big D — When Mike Modano suffered a rib injury on opening night on October 3rd, it was first thought he's miss just a week at most. Then doctor's discovered what was a "small crack" in the rib and the timetable expanded a bit. Lately Modano has been upgraded to "day to day" as he's skated and participated in practices, reportedly looking sharp and fast in the process. Apparently, there's been a setback. ``I tried a one-timer from (Mike) Ribeiro, and it just fell apart,'' Modano said of a tweak to a rib injury that has kept him out ...

Early Tuesday morning Red Wings-related odds and ends: Prospect news, MacLeod's stats, a Whalers note, and plugs
Snapshots — ... Kevin Miller, of Lansing-based Kevin Miller Financial Services, has received the certified financial planner professional designation from Washington, D.C.-based Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. Miller is a former Michigan State University hockey player and Detroit Red Wings player. Another former Wing watched the Dallas Stars play against the Los Angeles Kings on Monday, but assured the Dallas News's Mike Heika that his employers aren't planning on making a trade: October 19, Dallas News : Eleven scouts in the stands, but they are just here because the AHL ...

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