Is Luongo Really Ready to Return – Again?
January 14, 2009 by Jeanne Dupuis
Filed under Fan Fare, Injuries, NHL, News, Players, Vancouver Canucks
Is this it (for real this time)? Will Vancouver Canucks goaltender, Roberto Luongo, return to the lineup after almost two months on the bench?
He’s saying that he feels like his groin injury is 100% healed and that during a 75-minute practice, he was able to play without holding anything back. On the Canucks website, he said: "I feel back to normal, so that’s good and I’m excited about it. It’s nice to be back. One full practice after not playing for seven weeks, I’m not sure I’m ready to play a game, but like I said it’s nice …read more
No Guess on When Luongo Will Return
December 16, 2008 by Jeanne Dupuis
Filed under Fan Fare, Injuries, NHL, News, Players, Vancouver Canucks
Hopes were up that star goaltender, Roberto Luongo, might rejoin the Vancouver Canucks this past weekend but when he left practice early, it was clear that something was wrong.
Luongo, himself, said that when he got onto the ice, things just didn’t feel right and he chose not to risk any further injury to his groin. ” ‘It wasn’t feeling like it was supposed to be feeling, so I got off the ice,” Luongo said. ”I didn’t want to make it worse and I’m going to stay off the ice until I’m 100 percent.”
The goalie has been out of the lineup …read more
