Edmonton Oilers Zack Kassian set to return after injury in fight – Edmonton
Edmonton Oilers ahead Zack Kassian is predicted to return to motion Saturday evening towards the Calgary Flames at Rogers Place.
Kassian was injured within the Oilers second final pre-season recreation. His helmet got here off throughout a struggle with Vancouver’s Zack MacEwen on Oct. 7. The 2 males fell, with Kassian’s naked head hitting the ice.
“I really feel good. I got here to fairly rapidly after the incident,” stated Kassian after Friday’s observe. “I bear in mind all the pieces till I hit the ice. I bear in mind falling and having an ‘uh-oh’ second. Then I bear in mind coming to with lots of people round me.”
Kassian stated he has watched the struggle a number of occasions.
“It’s positively a scary incident. You lay unconscious on the ice for a couple of seconds, so it’s clearly powerful to see,” stated Kassian. “I’ve been in a number of fights earlier than, even by means of my junior days, and that has by no means occurred. It’s a fluke.”
Kassian’s harm fueled the continued debate about preventing in hockey. It has been on the decline however Kassian rejects the notion that sooner or later it’s going to disappear altogether.
“Combating has been in hockey a really very long time. It’s what makes hockey distinctive. Personally, I feel it ought to all the time be within the recreation,” he defined. “The staged preventing, I don’t assume there’s a spot for that. I feel that’s weeded out fairly drastically.
“The flare-ups and standing up to your teammates, it’s an emotional recreation. When that occurs and issues boil over, there are going to be some fights right here and there. That’s what makes hockey distinctive.”
Whereas Kassian is predicted to return, ahead Devin Shore will miss his second straight recreation with an undisclosed harm. On defence, Slater Koekkoek will substitute Kris Russell.
The Oilers and Flames are on 630 CHED with the Face-off Present at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. The sport will begin at 8 p.m.
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