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Wednesday, 07 December 2011 17:15

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Penguins' captain Sidney Crosby will be sidelined for the next two games due to an apparent head ailment.

In a release on the team's Web site, general manager Ray Shero said:

"Sidney took a hard hit during our game against Boston Monday night and wasn't feeling 100 percent. He saw Dr. Micky Collins of UPMC today and took an ImPACT test, which showed no problems. However, we all think it's best that he sits out the next two games as a precaution."

Crosby missed 61 regular season games over the course of last season and this season due to a head injury suffered initally in the Winter Classic at Heinz Field, Jan. 1.

Since returning to the lineup, Nov. 21, Crosby has appeared in eight games and collected eight points.

The Penguins are scheduled to face the rival Flyers tomorrow, 7 p.m. in Philadelphia then travel to Long Island to face the Islanders, Saturday, 7 p.m. Crosby did not travel with the team.

It is unclear when Crosby which hit Shero was referencing during Monday's game against the Bruins. Crosby had 21:03 of ice time and was on the ice for the game's final 1:08. He skipped practice Tuesday for a "maitenance day" but took part in a full practice today.

(Photo: Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press)

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written by Purple Moose, December 07, 2011 - 03:54 PM

So let see, Crosby was cut on the face and obviously hit in the head; Fluery was run by a Bruin and hit in the head; and Malkin was bleeding from a head shot and yet nothing was done to any of the Bruins. Yep this team is very soft of late.

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written by tennpen, December 07, 2011 - 11:01 PM

The NHL can't go dishing out punishment to colon campbells kids team, that just wouldn't be right, its a travesty they even call penalties on the big bad bruins

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written by leahbackus, December 08, 2011 - 12:01 AM

Thank god this blog is blessedly bereft of the gloom-and-doom crap I've seen elsewhere today. Unless and until Sid misses a *third* game, I'm not even going to worry. Concussion symptoms don't always appear (or reappear) immediately. Sometimes it takes days, weeks or a certain set of circumstances to trigger them. Sitting Sid for two games is imminently sensible given that fact and no immediate cause for alarm. If he's not in the lineup against Detroit, then I'll start panicking and having Eric Lindros nightmares.

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