Dan Hamhuis News

Hamhuis left Thursday's game with a lower-body injury and did not return.

Hamhuis' injury was a weird one. He went down while trying to turn and appeared to hurt his leg. He was seen limping noticeably after the game and the Canucks recalled Frank Corrado this afternoon, which suggests Hamhuis is going to miss some time.

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Dan Hamhuis will play for the first time since Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final tonight in Anaheim

Hamhuis was limited to 64 games last season but hopes to stay on the ice more this season. Last year he managed to score six goals and 23 points while maintaining a healthy plus-29 rating. Expect him to put up similar numbers if he remains on the top defensive pairing.

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Mike Gillis couldn't confirm the time frame that Dan Hamhuis will need to recover from sports hernia surgery Friday, but the Vancouver Canucks general manager could confirm that the defenceman only had one procedure after being injured when he hip-checked Milan Lucic in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final and was sidelined for the duration of the postseason.

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