Hickey scare

By Rich Hammond on April 5, 2008 12:37 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

Thomas Hickey took a knee to the head in last night's Seattle Thunderbirds game and had to be helped to the locker room. No specific diagnosis was given, but Hickey returned to the bench for the third period, even though he didn't play. After the game, Seattle coach Rob Sumner told the Seattle Times, "Hickey was cleared and was OK to play, but given the score, we decided to hold him out. We got a lead and tried not to take our foot off the gas. They're a very good team, and I'm sure they'll come back hard." Game 2 is tonight, and there's no indication that Hickey won't play, but we'll see.

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
@inlandnewspapers.com.

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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