Found November 09, 2009 on SportingNews.com:
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Sporting News staff reports The suddenly goal-challenged Detroit Red Wings suffered another blow Saturday night when forward Jason Williams fractured his fibula in a 5-1 loss to Toronto—an  injury that could keep him out of action for two months. Williams joins star forward Johan Franzen, who scored 34 goals last season, and center Valtteri Filppula on the injury list and adds to the goal-scoring void created by the departures of Marian Hossa (40), Jiri Hudler (23) and Mikael Samuelsson (19). Franzen has a torn ACL and will be out until February; Filppula might not return until late December because of a broken wrist. Williams crashed hard into the boards in the second period and had to be helped to the dressing room.  "Losing Willy was a blow to us," coach Mike Babcock told the Toronto Globe and Mail. "He's playing more minutes and in more situations than we anticipated. But that's just the way it's gone. There's...
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