PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Star left wing John Leclair of the Philadelphia Flyers Wednesday night suffered his third significant injury in four years, a broken foot.
The injury could sideline him for the first month of the new NHL season.
LeClair sustained the injury during the team's recent four-day training camp day in West Point, N.Y., taking a puck off his foot. X-rays at the U.S. Military Academy showed nothing, but LeClair continued to experience discomfort.
The team took another X-ray that revealed a fractured fifth metatarsal on the outside of the foot. Team physician Dr. Peter DeLuca said LeClair will miss up to four weeks.
"There's no rehab with this injury," DeLuca said. "It's just a matter of when he's comfortable and how long it takes to heal."
LeClair, 34, suffered a shoulder injury last season and played just 35 games, totaling 18 goals and 10 assists. Before playing all 82 games in 2001-02, he appeared in only 16 contests in 2000-01 because of a disc problem in his back.
