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Brian Strait breaks ankle, could be done for season

Originally published: February 18, 2013 6:43 PM
Updated: February 18, 2013 11:18 PM
By ARTHUR STAPLE arthur.staple@newsday.com

Photo credit: Jim McIsaac | Brian Strait lays on the ice after falling into the boards during a game against the Philadelphia Flyers at Nassau Coliseum. (Feb. 18, 2013)

Brian Strait's season could be over after he suffered what was diagnosed as a broken left ankle Monday.

He hobbled out of Nassau Coliseum on crutches after suffering the first big injury to an Islander this season. Strait caught a rut in the ice in the second period and stumbled, feet first, into the side boards.

"He's going to be out a while," Jack Capuano said of Strait, who has been...

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Brian Strait breaks ankle, could be done for season

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