Blackhawks Connor Murphy Doing His Best To Return To Ice From Injury
The Chicago Blackhawks will have a defenseman on the ice, after a three-month absence, in Connor Murphy.
While has been out due to a groin injury, he finally practiced with the team at Fifth Third Arena. This was after he was only supposed to be out a few weeks with the injury.
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While Andreas Athanasiou's timetable to return was much quicker, Murphy's groin injury was much more serious, as it has been termed "osteitis pubis" which has kept the Sharks Logan Couture out for the season.
"I had a lot of those moments up and down and then finally got to the point where I could stack consistent days in the last little while and have a good routine and process to gain strength and get rest to be able to get to this point."
Thanks to Jaycob Megna, former Shark and teammate of Couture, Murphy was able to put together a game plan to figure out a recovery plan.
Murphy tried multiple methods in order to recover, including a PRP injection, stretching and would unfortunately suffer setbacks in spite of these methods.
Murphy will not be returning to NHL ice this weekend, but he is targeting next week for a return date.
That will entirely be up to medical and coaching staff before it happens.
Murphy could've recovered fully, entered rehab, and foregone a return to the team this season, but he'd rather re-join the team, despite there being nothing to win.
Murphy, returning to the Blackhawks would help clean up the lengthy injury list that the team has suffered this season. Undoubtedly it seems team chemistry is driving his decision.
"I always just wanted to get 100 percent whenever that was. And obviously pushing to get in shape to be able to play was very important for me. It'll feel really good to be 100 percent playing games and just feel like you kind of overcame an injury and were able to kind of battle it out, whether it's mentally or physically."
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