Is captaining the United States’ hockey team in the IIHF tournament becoming hockey’s version of the Madden Curse? Washington Capital Chris Clark was the captain of Team USA in Russia for the IIHF World Championships in 2007; he missed most of the 2007-2008 season with a groin injury. This year’s captain, former Capital and current Lightning center Jeff Halpern, limped into the locker room yesterday according to NHL.com:
Jeff Halpern has suffered a right knee injury that is expected to require surgery, it was announced by Lightning Executive Vice President & General Manager Jay Feaster. Halpern sustained the injury during the third period of Team USA’s 5-4 loss against Canada at the IIHF World Championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia yesterday. Halpern is serving as captain of Team USA at the tournament.
Update, May 8
The news just got worse, per the CBC: Halpern will be out 6-8 months with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament, a Grade 3 sprain to his medial collateral ligament, and a small tear to his lateral meniscus.
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