Forward Max Plante, ranked No. 8 on DHN’s Top Red Wings Prospect list, has an upper body injury that will sideline him on a “week-to-week” basis
He was injured Saturday in Minnesota-Duluth’s second game against Long Island University in a weekend series. The reigning Hobey Baker Award winner had two assists and five shots on goal on the weekend.
The Bulldogs play Augustana this weekend and have a bigger series the following weekend against Minnesota. Plante registered 25 goals and 52 points in 40 games last season.
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Alex DeBrincat (296-303-599 in 699 games) needs one point to become the fourth forward from the 2016 NHL draft class to hit the 600-point milestone. Auston Matthews (785), Matthew Tkachuk (672) and Clayton Keller (603) are the others. DeBrincat is four goals shy of becoming the fourth Michigan native to score 300 or more NHL goals. He would join Mike Modano (561), Brian Rolston (342) and Kyle Connor (326). . . The Grand Rapids Griffins are home to play the Manitoba Moose on Friday (7 p.m.) and the Chicago Wolves on Sunday (4 p.m.). On Saturday, they will be on the road to face the Milwaukee Admirals (7 p.m.)
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