Despite injury, Hawks' Desjardins doesn't plan to change playing style
Posted October 30, 2016 10:55 am
As a defensive-minded forward and a penalty-killer, it's always been Andrew Desjardins' job to step in front of slap shots. And that won't change the next time he's on the ice, even though the last time he put himself in harm's way, he suffered a lower-body injury that has cost him three weeks and counting.
"That's one of those things you can't really think about," Desjardins said Sunday after participating in his first morning skate of the regular season. "You've just got to do the right things, and obviously use your body in whichever way possible to prevent goals. I'm going to put that [out] of the back of my mind, just play, and not worry about that too much."
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