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Canucks' Mason Raymond out 3-4 months after check

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Canucks president Mike Gillis said Bruins defenseman Johnny Voychuk "used a can opener" in delivering a brutal hit on Mason Raymond that left the Vancouver forward in a Boston hospital with a back injury.Raymond will miss Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals, and likely the start of next season, after sustaining a vertebrae compression fracture from being checked into the boards 20 seconds into Game 6 on Monday night. The NHL has not disciplined Boychuk."All I can tell you is my observations of the hit," Gillis said. "I didn't see the puck around him. I thought the Boston player used a can opener and drove him with enough force into the board to break his back."Raymond was on the first shift of Boston's 5-2 victory, which forced a decisive Game 7 Wednesday night in Vancouver. He lay on the ice for several minutes before being helped off and taken to the hospital on a stretcher.Gillis wasn't sure why Raymond wasn't taken off the ice on a stretcher, but poi...

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  1. Canucks' Mason Raymond out 3-4 months after check

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Canucks president Mike Gillis said Bruins defenseman Johnny Boychuk "used a can opener" in delivering a brutal hit on Mason Raymon...

  2. Canucks' Mason Raymond out 3-4 months after check

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Canucks forward Mason Raymond will miss Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals and could still be out to start next season with a fractu...

  3. Canucks' Mason Raymond out 3-4 months after check

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Canucks forward Mason Raymond will be out three to four months with a fractured vertebrae after he was checked into the boards dur...

  4. Canucks F Mason Raymond taken to hospital after he was hurt by a hit from Boston's Boychuk

    Vancouver Canucks forward Mason Raymond was taken to a hospital Monday night after he was injured during the first shift of Game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals.Raymond ...

  5. Canucks' Mason Raymond hurt on 1st shift of Game 6

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  6. Canucks' Mason Raymond out 3-4 months after check

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Canucks forward Mason Raymond will be out three to four months with a fractured vertebrae after being checked into the boards duri...

  7. Canucks forward Mason Raymond suffers vertebrae fracture, out at least 3 months

    VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have lost forward Mason Raymond for up to four months.The Canucks said today that Raymond sustained a vertebrae compression fractur...

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