Hackett Goes Home for Surgery
Mar 22, 2002 11:17:27 GMT -5
Post by clear observer on Mar 22, 2002 11:17:27 GMT -5
Jeff Hackett: Team player right to the end.
From Slam:
MONTREAL (CP) -- Canadiens goaltender Jeff Hackett and his family left Thursday for their off-season home in London, Ont., and Hackett is scheduled to undergo surgery on his left shoulder next Wednesday.
Hackett has dislocated that shoulder twice this season and after his latest injury on March 6, had originally decided against surgery despite suggestions from team doctors that without surgery, it may pop out again.
Hackett didn't want to end his season while the Habs were in pursuit of a playoff berth.
"I wanted to try and be there if something happened to Jose (Theodore) . . . see if I could be of any help," Hackett told the Montreal Gazette.
But the Canadiens' acquisition of goaltender Stephane Fiset at Tuesday's trading deadline put a new face on Hackett's original decision.
"As soon as that happened, I made a decision that's best for my career ... best for Jeff Hackett," said Hackett.
"Having the surgery in London means that I won't have to fly back and forth between there and Montreal. It's good for everybody . . . for my family and for the Canadiens' medical staff. Right now, our doctors and training staff have 21 other guys to worry about."
CO
From Slam:
MONTREAL (CP) -- Canadiens goaltender Jeff Hackett and his family left Thursday for their off-season home in London, Ont., and Hackett is scheduled to undergo surgery on his left shoulder next Wednesday.
Hackett has dislocated that shoulder twice this season and after his latest injury on March 6, had originally decided against surgery despite suggestions from team doctors that without surgery, it may pop out again.
Hackett didn't want to end his season while the Habs were in pursuit of a playoff berth.
"I wanted to try and be there if something happened to Jose (Theodore) . . . see if I could be of any help," Hackett told the Montreal Gazette.
But the Canadiens' acquisition of goaltender Stephane Fiset at Tuesday's trading deadline put a new face on Hackett's original decision.
"As soon as that happened, I made a decision that's best for my career ... best for Jeff Hackett," said Hackett.
"Having the surgery in London means that I won't have to fly back and forth between there and Montreal. It's good for everybody . . . for my family and for the Canadiens' medical staff. Right now, our doctors and training staff have 21 other guys to worry about."
CO
