Granbios suffers season-ending knee injury
March 2, 2009 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Bloomington PrairieThunder News Release
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Bloomington PrairieThunder forward Travis Granbois will be out for the remainder of the International Hockey League season with a fractured knee cap, the team announced Monday.
Granbois, who suffered the injury during the first period of the Flint game on Feb. 26, is scheduled for surgery next week.
The Campbell River, BC native ranks fifth on the team with 38 points in 49 games. He had 13 goals and 25 assists with a plus-8 rating. He was the team leader with 105 minutes in penalties.
He had one power play goal along with 11 power play assists and two game-winning goals.
"This is obviously a tough blow to Travis and the team," said coach Jarrod Skalde. "Travis has been a valuable part of the team. He has been our most versatile player in the sense that he has played both as a defenseman and forward. He's has done whatever has been asked of him."
Skalde radio show
The Jarrod Skalde Show, featuring the Bloomington PrairieThunder coach, airs Tuesday this week on Radio Bloomington's WJBC (1230 AM) from 6:10 p.m. to 7 p.m.
PrairieThunder play-by-play broadcaster Greg Halbleib will serve as host for the in-studio show. PrairieThunder players Matt Frick and Henry Kuster will be guests on the show with Skalde.
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