Handzus tonsillitis

By Matthew Kredell on September 14, 2007 1:57 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

Center Michal Handzus missed two weeks of training the second half of August after having his tonsils removed. Stuck in bed and unable to eat solid foods, he lost 10 pounds.

``It's not a great situation but it's better than it happening during the season,'' Handzus said. ``I feel like my strength is not there yet, but I have a whole training camp to get ready.''

J.P. Hoornstra writes about NHL and IHL hockey for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group. He welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey. E-mail J.P. at jp.hoornstra
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Jill Painter joined the Daily News in 2000 and during the last eight years she's covered the Dodgers, Cal State Northridge, UCLA, Kings, golf and everything in between. Even though she's from Colorado, she still freezes in the Staples Center press box but always manages to thaw her fingers in time to make deadline. E-mail Jill at jill.painter@dailynews
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