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Saturday, September 25, 2010

Josh Harding's Season Is Over

From Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Wild backup goalie Josh Harding has torn the ACL and MCL in his right knee and is likely out for the rest of the season, according to the team. He will undergo reconstructive surgery on the ACL after his MCL heals a bit.

When Erik Johnson tore his ACL and MCL in 2008, he was given a 6-to-9 month timetable. I talked to St. Louis Dispatch's Jeremy Rutherford, and he said Johnson didn't start skating until the following June after the injury took place in September. Johnson did wait a few months for surgery so his MCL would heal.

"I heard the pop. I kind of went into shock. ... I was hoping it wasn't this," said Harding, who said he's not ruling out a return this season. "It's going to be a battle. I'm ready to take on that battle."

Harding was injured Friday night in the first period of the Wild's exhibition game in St. Louis when forward Brad Boyes accidentally fell on his leg.

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