Martinek taken off on stretcher

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MONTREAL (CP) - New York Islanders defenceman Radek Martinek (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/player_bio.asp?player_id=2588) left Saturday afternoon's game against the Montreal Canadiens on a stretcher after suffering an apparent left ankle injury.
Martinek was heading back into his own zone to retrieve the puck at 12:16 of the first period when he took a hit from Canadiens rookie Guillaume Latendresse (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/player_bio.asp?player_id=4110) into the end boards.
As he was falling to the ice, Martinek's left ankle turned underneath him.
Martinek remained on the ice for several minutes writhing in pain before being taken off on a stretcher.


That sounds pretty bad. I'm glad it's only his ankle.

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Yikes. That sounds like a really bad ankle injury.

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Yikes. That sounds like a really bad ankle injury.

Thats what I was thinking. I wonder if they were chasing the puck down on an icing call. I can't wait to watch Don Cherry tonight if that's the case.

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"There's a little fracture, I believe," said Islanders head coach Ted Nolan. "He'll probably be out for four to six weeks. We don't know the length of the injury yet but it doesn't look good. Hopefully he'll be back in six weeks."