{"id":181712,"date":"2011-12-14T17:00:35","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T17:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vip.local\/2011\/12\/14\/michalekconcussionconfirmed939319\/"},"modified":"2011-12-14T17:00:35","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T17:00:35","slug":"michalekconcussionconfirmed939319","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/michalekconcussionconfirmed939319\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators Confirm Michalek Has Concussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Senators Confirm Michalek Has Concussion\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.usatodaysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2016\/09\/7132d-brain.jpg\" height=\"338\" width=\"346\" \/><br \/>This afternoon the Ottawa Senators confirmed that Milan Michalek will be out indefinitely with a concussion. The NHL&#8217;s leading goal scorer suffered the injury in an awkward second period collision with teammate Erik Karlsson. Judging by the replays, in his fall from the hit, <a href=\"http:\/\/the6thsens.com\/2011-articles\/december\/michalekinjured939319.html\">it looked like his head inadvertently hit the ice<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>If anyone wants to draw a positive from this, it&#8217;s that head coach Paul MacLean seems to believe that the injury will keep Michalek out of the lineup for long or that it will derail his season. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\"><em>&#8220;Right now we have to follow the concussion protocal so right now it\u2019s  day-to-day. It\u2019s based on  as long as he\u2019s sympton-free. He felt way better (Wednesday) so we\u2019ll  see how it goes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\"><em>It\u2019s disappointing for him for sure. Depending how  long it is, but I don\u2019t believe at this point it\u2019s going to ruin his  year, not like the major injuries he\u2019s had in the past that have put him  out for months and months. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\"><em>At this point in time, we suspect it will be day-to-day. It\u2019s disappointing but it\u2019s not devastating.\u201d<\/em> ~&nbsp; Bruce Garrioch, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawasun.com\/2011\/12\/14\/michalek-sidelined-with-concussion\">The Ottawa Sun<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Not that I&#8217;m an expert on brain injuries or anything but I don&#8217;t want to downplay the significance of any injury to a player who I believe has now suffered his <a href=\"http:\/\/m.espn.go.com\/nhl\/playerupdate?playerId=2184&amp;wjb=\">third disclosed concussion since 2006<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon the Ottawa Senators confirmed that Milan Michalek will be out indefinitely with a concussion. 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