Getzlaf cleared to practice Monday.
A target date has been set for Ryan Getzlaf to return to the Ducks' lineup.
The captain had a follow-up CT scan Wednesday on his nasal sinus fractures, and the team said today that the fractures are healing well and remain stable. Getzlaf has been cleared to skate with the team when it returns to practice 3 p.m. Monday at Honda Center, though he isn't likely to be cleared for full contact right away.
Getzlaf will be held out of game action for the next two contests, Feb. 2 against San Jose and Feb. 5 at Colorado. He will likely return to the lineup sometime during the Ducks' Western Canada swing - Feb. 9 in Vancouver, Feb. 11 in Calgary, or Feb. 13 in Edmonton.
Including the Dec. 28 win against the Phoenix Coyotes in which Getzlaf was injured, the Ducks have gone 10-3-0 without their captain.
The captain had a follow-up CT scan Wednesday on his nasal sinus fractures, and the team said today that the fractures are healing well and remain stable. Getzlaf has been cleared to skate with the team when it returns to practice 3 p.m. Monday at Honda Center, though he isn't likely to be cleared for full contact right away.
Getzlaf will be held out of game action for the next two contests, Feb. 2 against San Jose and Feb. 5 at Colorado. He will likely return to the lineup sometime during the Ducks' Western Canada swing - Feb. 9 in Vancouver, Feb. 11 in Calgary, or Feb. 13 in Edmonton.
Including the Dec. 28 win against the Phoenix Coyotes in which Getzlaf was injured, the Ducks have gone 10-3-0 without their captain.
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J.P. Hoornstra has been covering the Anaheim Ducks since 2007. Eight months after the University of Wisconsin won its third NCAA hockey championship, he was born in a frigid Madison winter. He betrayed his blue-blooded beginnings by graduating from UCLA in 2003, and welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey.
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