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Buffalo Sabres center Adam Mair cleared for contact
May 18, 2006
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Sabres center Adam Mair took a step closer toward returning from a concussion when he was cleared for contact on Thursday.
Mair, who has been out since early April, still needs to pass concussion-related tests before he can play in Buffalo's Eastern Conference final series against Carolina.
Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said Mair will see a specialist in Pittsburgh and isn't likely to be ready to play at the start of the series that begins Saturday in Raleigh, N.C. But Ruff didn't rule out the possibility of using the gritty, defensive forward once he is cleared.
Mair has spent the past few weeks skating with the team but hasn't played since sustaining his second concussion in three months in Buffalo's 4-2 loss to Philadelphia on April 7. That was the third game he played after returning to the lineup following a 31-game absence due to aftereffects of a concussion.
He had two goals and five assists in 40 games this season, his third with Buffalo.
The Sabres will also be without center Tim Connolly (possible concussion) and defenseman Dmitri Kalinin (ankle), who will not travel to Carolina.
May 18, 2006
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Sabres center Adam Mair took a step closer toward returning from a concussion when he was cleared for contact on Thursday.
Mair, who has been out since early April, still needs to pass concussion-related tests before he can play in Buffalo's Eastern Conference final series against Carolina.
Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said Mair will see a specialist in Pittsburgh and isn't likely to be ready to play at the start of the series that begins Saturday in Raleigh, N.C. But Ruff didn't rule out the possibility of using the gritty, defensive forward once he is cleared.
Mair has spent the past few weeks skating with the team but hasn't played since sustaining his second concussion in three months in Buffalo's 4-2 loss to Philadelphia on April 7. That was the third game he played after returning to the lineup following a 31-game absence due to aftereffects of a concussion.
He had two goals and five assists in 40 games this season, his third with Buffalo.
The Sabres will also be without center Tim Connolly (possible concussion) and defenseman Dmitri Kalinin (ankle), who will not travel to Carolina.