There is some good news for Chicago after four of their young prospects were forced to leave a game against Minnesota Tuesday due to injuries. According to Charlie Roumeliotis, who was covering the game for NBC, all four of the players' injuries are considered minor and all should be ready for the opening of the Hawks' regular training camp on Friday.
The four players in questions are 3rd overall pick in 2019 Kirby Dach, Philipp Kurashev, who was drafted in the fourth round in 2018, Adam Boqvist, the eighth overall pick in 2018, and Mikael Hakkarainen, drafted in the 5th round in 2018. According to Roumeliotis, Dach has a minor shoulder injury that occurred in the first period of the game. Boqvist suffered a bruised chest in the second period after falling awkwardly into the boards. Kurashev went into the boards hard and stayed down for a while before leaving the ice with a trainer. Wild forward Damien Giroux was ejected for boarding on the play. Hakkarainen left in the second after taking a high stick and "losing a few teeth". He also experienced some dizziness.
All four will be reassessed Wednesday, but again the injuries are considered minor at this point.
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Hakkarainen later shared a picture of his injuries on Instagram.
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