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Originally Posted by Koltsov47
He took a nasty spill into the boards during practice on Monday. That, along with a few other assorted injuries.
He was questionable to even play last night. That explains for the low ice time.
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His ice time the first game of the season was 15:13 (perhaps not 100% at start too?). His high water mark for the Hurricanes this season was 20:31 (quite good for a forward) on Monday the 13th, when he had a little fit:
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Originally Posted by ap
Jeff O'Neill's second-period outburst after another failed power play told the story for the frustrated Carolina Hurricanes on Monday night.
O'Neill slammed his stick against the glass, threw it into the tunnel, broke three more and repeatedly kicked the boards on the bench as Carolina outplayed another opponent only to net a 2-2 tie with the Florida Panthers.
"That was my little conniption for the week,'' said the scoreless O'Neill, one of 12 NHL players to have 30 or more goals each of the last three seasons. "I think the fans were quite amused by it.
"I don't lose it like that very often but I wanted to break every stick in that rack, including ones that I didn't own.''
Roberto Luongo stopped 33 shots to keep Carolina winless and O'Neill frustrated.
"There is pressure on him to score, there is pressure on him to produce,'' coach Paul Maurice said of O'Neill. "He understands that. I don't mind seeing that burst of emotion as long as it's not all emotion on the bench and nothing on the ice.
"At least he's banging, he's hitting. He needs to play with that fire. I would much rather have that than him moping on the bench.''
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AP report