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Roberto Luongo back making saves on the ice
DETROIT - Granted, it was goaltending consultant Ian Clark, not Sami Salo, firing slapshots at him early Thursday afternoon, but it was progress nonetheless for injured Vancouver Canuck goalie Roberto Luongo. Luongo has moved to the next stage of his recovery from a groin strain and that calls ...
Injured goaltender Luongo goes for skate
Injured goaltender Luongo goes for skate
cbc.ca — Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo was expected to be sidelined week to week after straining his left groin in a Nov. 22 game at Pittsburgh. Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo was expected to be sidelined week to week after straining his left groin in a Nov. 22 ... (more) Injured goaltender Luongo goes for skate
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Cold War
hockeyprogram.blogspot.com — The Cold War looks at good re-injury and bad re-injury. Needless to say...Luongo....good....Sakic....DUMB!! Read on! (more) Cold War
More groin pains for Luongo?
vancouversun.com — So what’s up with Roberto Luongo? The Vancouver Canuck captain and superstar goalie left practice after 20 minutes Wednesday and was not available to reporters at GM Place after giving daily briefings on his groin pains during the road trip. ... (more) More groin pains for Luongo?
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Wings-Canucks post-game wrap-up: messy wins still count
Snapshots — ... idea how deep the Red Wings are when they can score six and two of their very best don't manage to pick up a point. I guess you could say the Canucks did a great job on Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk. They also held Marian Hossa to a single assist. So Jiri Hudler and Dan Cleary netted two apiece and Derek Meech collected his career first. Val Filppula had a couple of assists. That's how they do it. Brad Ziemer noted that the Wings ripped an unbelievable number of shots wide, too: December 5, Vancouver Sun : The Wings fired 38 shots on net Thursday night and missed another ...

NHL Morning Papers (Friday Edition): Tomas Kaberle benched, Habs not for sale and Del Biaggio is charged in fraud scheme
IllegalCurve.com — ... the Canucks miss Roberto Luongo.  The good news is that Luongo seems to be making good progress on his road back to recovery. ...

Canucks have to take down the Wild tonight
Waiting For Stanley — ... "Obviously, it is another step in the right direction," Luongo said. "We are still in a somewhat controlled environment even though I am facing pucks. So like I said a few days ago, it's little steps at a time. You want to make sure you are 100 per cent strength-wise before you get into practice and stuff where things are not always under control and you might have to be forced to make a move that is out of your range or something like that." -Vancouver Sun. ...

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