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Blue Jackets' Zach Werenski is expected to miss one to two weeks after a knee-on-knee hit

Flyers Blue Jackets Hockey
October 13, 2023
AP - AP

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) โ€” The Columbus Blue Jackets put Zach Werenski on injured reserve Friday and expect the defenseman to miss one to two weeks with a bruised quadriceps muscle.

Werenski took a knee-on-knee hit from Philadelphiaโ€™s Garnet Hathaway in a season-opening loss to the Flyers on Thursday night. The NHL's department of player safety fined Hathaway $5,000 for kneeing, the maximum amount allowed under the collective bargaining agreement.

Blue Jackets coach Pascal Vincent said after the game that Werenski was dealing with a charley horse and that the injury was โ€œnot long term.โ€

Werenski, 26, was playing his first game since tearing the labrum in his right shoulder Nov. 10, also against Philadelphia, and undergoing season-ending surgery. Columbus recalled 19-year-old rookie David Jiricek to take Werenskiโ€™s spot on the roster.

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