Close call for NHL prospect, no call for another
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This article was published 07/11/2016 (3236 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
It’s a nightmare scenario for any hockey player.
Sixteen-year-old forward Riley Stotts, a highly regarded prospect for the 2018 NHL Draft, had one skate off in the dressing room as members of his Canada Red squad were removing their gear after a game at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., last week.
Caiden Daley, a teammate and fellow Winnipegger, inadvertently stepped on Stotts’ foot with his skate, opening a large gash on two of Stotts’ toes, including his big toe.
The injury meant the end of Stotts’ tournament — he had two goals and an assist in two games. It will also force the former Winnipeg Wild AAA Midget team star out of the lineup of the WHL’s Swift Current Broncos, who selected him with the 10th-overall pick in the 2015 WHL Bantam Draft.
Stotts has four goals in 12 games with Swift Current in 2016-17.
“There was a very deep laceration,” Broncos head coach Emmanuel Viveiros said via telephone Monday. “There’s no tendon damage. We’re looking at four to six weeks.”
Stotts had surgery to repair the damage, which, Viveiros said, could have been much worse, and will remain in Winnipeg to complete his rehab.
Meanwhile, Winnipeg product Jett Woo, a defenceman with the WHL’s Moose Jaw Warriors, was named to the tournament all-star squad. Woo scored once and added three assists in six games for Canada White.
Where’s Nolan?
The presumptive No. 1 overall pick in next summer’s NHL Draft isn’t playing and there’s no definitive answer about when he will return.
Brandon Wheat Kings centre Nolan Patrick, who had off-season sports hernia surgery, has only played six games this season. He has nine points (four goals).
“No, we’re unsure right now,” said Wheat Kings head coach David Anning Monday when asked about Patrick’s return. “He’s considered day-to-day. Hopefully, sooner than later.”
Some observers believe Patrick’s current ailment is related to his earlier injury, but Anning said the ongoing problem is “something else.”
mike.sawatzky@freepress.mb.ca Twitter: @sawa14
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