Test results Friday confirmed Max Pacioretty tore his right Achilles tendon Thursday night, two weeks after the Carolina Hurricanes forward returned to action after suffering the same injury in August.
Pacioretty grabbed at his right leg after suffering a non-contact injury pivoting next to the net with 19.2 seconds to go in the 5-2 win over the Minnesota Wild and had to be helped off the ice by Brent Burns and trainer Doug Bennett. An MRI exam on Friday confirmed the injury, according to a source with knowledge of Pacioretty’s care, and he is expected to miss the remainder of the season. The team later announced the diagnosis in a press release.
“He’s not in very good spirits, as you know,” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said after the team’s Friday practice. “He’s getting checked out today, as we speak. It’s just kind of what you would expect. What are you going to say? He knows we’re all thinking of him but that doesn’t do much. We don’t know exactly what happened but it doesn’t look good. We’ll know more in the next few days.”
