Craig Anderson puts on the blades for a spin in Tampa

TAMPA – Craig Anderson, wearing his goalie pads and a hood, got on the ice after his teammates on Tuesday morning and took a bit of a skate.
He wasn’t using a stick, but in his injured right hand he carried a short piece of the handle.
Though not entirely sure, coach Paul MacLean thought Anderson would be getting the stitches out when the team returned to Ottawa from this road trip. That’d make it easier for him to begin holding a stick.
However, he’s still not expected back in the immediate future.

About Allen Panzeri

After three years of teaching English at the University of British Columbia, Allen Panzeri began his career in journalism in 1979 at the Medicine Hat News, where he covered Kelly Hrudey and the Tigers while learning about block heaters, rodeo, and curling. In 1981, he moved north to the Edmonton Journal, where he covered boxing, the Edmonton Drillers of the North American Soccer League, and the University of Alberta Golden Bears and Pandas for four years, before taking a 10-year hiatus from sports to write editorials, cover primary, secondary, and university education, and watch the beginnings of the Ralph Klein era at the provincial legislature. Traded to the Citizen in 1995, he accepted an offer to return to sports and cover the Ottawa Lynx, lucking into a front-row seat for their 1995 International League championship, and since then has covered the Senators and typed out the occasional article on golf. View all posts by Allen Panzeri →