Blackhawks prospect Colton Dach suffered an injury in the first period of Friday’s rookie showcase vs. Minnesota and did not return.
Rockford IceHogs head coach Anders Sorensen said he"wasn't sure" about the nature of the injury, but a source told NBC Sports Chicago that Dach's injury is upper-body related.
"We'll know more tomorrow," Sorensen said of Dach, who scored the opening goal just 23 seconds into the game."He's been evaluated right now. I couldn't really tell, he came off and that's all the report I got. But it did happen in the first, yeah." The Blackhawks also had another scare when top prospect Lukas Reichel left early in the second period after taking a hit along the boards by Wild forward Adam Beckman, who was penalized for boarding on the play. Reichel returned for the third period and finished the game.top prospect Lukas Reichel just got boarded in his own zone. He skated off on his own power but went to the dressing room, presumably for precautionary reasons.— Charlie Roumeliotis <a href="https://twitter.
This isn't the first time Chicago's prospects have been hit with the injury bug in a prospect game against Minnesota. Four Blackhawks prospects were injured in the finale of the Traverse City Prospect Tournament in 2019, which included Adam Boqvist and Kirby Dach. Very freakish. The Blackhawks were in complete control of Friday's contest prior to the injuries to Dach and Reichel, holding a 2-0 lead and outshooting the Wild by more than double for the majority of it.