Injuries didn't stop the Moose

The Q Files by Matthew Wuest

April 26, 2008 8:36 p.m.

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Whatever it was that led to the Halifax Mooseheads' downfall, it wasn't injuries.

While many years it is revealed after a long playoff run that key players have been battling through nagging injuries --- such as Andrew Bodnarchuk and Graham Bona last season with gruesome shoulder problems --- this year's edition of the Herd was perfectly healthy, by all accounts.

"We were pretty healthy," Mooseheads general manager Marcel Patenaude said. "There were no major injuries whatsoever."

It had been speculated that all-star forward Jakub Voracek was playing hurt down the stretch.

He had just a goal and three assists in his final six games and 30 points in his final 25 games overall --- good numbers for pretty much anybody in the league, but not at the dominating level the Kladno, Czech Republic, native usually maintains.

"No," Patenaude said, when asked specifically of Voracek's playoff health. "No injuries."

matthew.wuest@metronews.ca

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