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Couturier out with head injury

Saturday, 12.17.2011 / 2:34 PM

By Mike G. Morreale - NHL.com Staff Writer / At the Rink blog

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PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia Flyers’ injury troubles continue.
 
On Monday, the team learned that leading scorer Claude Giroux would be out indefinitely with a concussion. Three days later, it was announced that Flyers captain Chris Pronger was done for the remainder of the regular season and playoffs with severe post-concussion syndrome.
 
Rookie Sean Couturier became the third player to be sidelined by a head injury this week after being hit in the head by a puck Saturday afternoon against the Boston Bruins. Fellow rookie Brayden Schenn is also out with a concussion.
 
Couturier, the eighth-overall pick of the Flyers in the 2011 Draft, was helped off the ice with just 48.7 seconds remaining in the first period after being struck on the side of his head by a rising slapshot off the stick of teammate Kimmo Timonen.
 
The puck appeared to hit behind Couturier's left ear. Couturier does wear a shield, but he remained on the ice for several minutes before finally being helped off.
 
Prior to the opening faceoff in the second period, Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren announced that Couturier would not return to the game "due to a head injury."
 
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