Stars' Morrow Out Six Months; Landon Wilson Recalled

[Thrillhouse]

FRISCO, Tex. – The Dallas Stars announced today that the left wing Brenden Morrow is out indefinitely with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee that will require surgery. He is expected to miss up to six months. The club also recalled right wing Landon Wilson from Grand Rapids (AHL).

“We are obviously very disappointed to hear the news about Brenden’s knee,” said Co-General Manager Les Jackson. “As our captain, he will obviously be missed, but we have every assurance that he can and will come back from this injury at 100 percent. There is a lot of hockey left to be played this season, and we are confident our team will rally together and keep pushing.”

Morrow, 29, has skated in all 18 of the Stars’ games to date, recording five goals and 10 assists for 15 points with 49 penalty minutes. He placed tied for second on the club in assists and points, second in penalty minutes and tied for fourth in goals.

The native of Carlyle, Sask., is coming off a 2007-08 season where he led the Stars in goals (32), power play goals (12), hits (260) and plus/minus (+23), and was second in points (74) and game-winning goals (7). Morrow added 15 points (9 goals, 6 assists) and 22 penalty minutes 18 Stanley Cup Playoff games last spring, as the Stars advanced to the Western Conference Finals.

Wilson, 33, has skated in 15 games with AHL Grand Rapids this season, earning eight goals and seven assists for 15 points with 37 penalty minutes. Among Griffins team leaders, he was tied for first in goals and tied for second in points.

The 6-3, 226-pound right wing has skated in 348 career NHL games with Colorado, Boston, Phoenix and Pittsburgh, collecting 111 points (50 goals, 61 assists) and 331 PIM. In 13 career Stanley Cup Playoff games, Wilson has earned a goal and an assist with 20 penalty minutes. His most prolific NHL season came in 2000-01 with Phoenix, when he collected 31 points (18 goals, 13 assists) in 70 games.

[MattBurger]

Holy crap, Landon Wilson? I thought he retired years ago.

[mongoose]

huge loss.

[canuckfan]

Ouch, that freakin' stings - huge loss for Dallas. Sucks for Morrow considering how well he's done the past few seasons....hopefully he'll come back 100%.

[caps05]

Do you guys think Modano will take the C back?

[Agitator97]

First McDonald now Morrow...my fantasy team is going down the pisser.

[PilotsFan]

Time to start planning for next season, this ones ovah.

[Snipes19]

Ouch. That's terrible news for the Stars. Huge blow right there. Their season has certainly gotten off to a bumpy start... but it could be worse... the Blues have even had even worse luck with injuries. Listen to this:

Erik Johnson are D.J. King are both out for the season.
Andy McDonald is out for 2 months.
T.J. Oshie might be out until Christmas.
Paul Kariya has been out for a few weeks and nobody knows when he will return.
And Eric Brewer and Patrik Berglund recently got hurt, so they might be out for a little bit also.

The Blues hold the record for most injuries already. They have just had terrible luck and have no chance at doing good this season (unfortunately).

[anti_shark]

Stick a fork in our asses now. Maybe we can trade some contracts for draft picks or prospects finally.

[anti_shark]

And of course Dallas just let Crombeen walk to the Blues for nothing.

[stevecanuck16]

Whoa cool, Landon Wilson! That is a blast from the past!

In all seriousness, this sucks for the entire league, not just Dallas fans. Morrow's one of the funnest players to watch, and pretty much the prototypical hockeyfights.com player. This bites. Hopefully he comes back as good as ever.

[Killah_punk]

PF hang in there buddy lifes not that bad...

[bupz91]

this blows ass, i really like the way Morrow plays.

[Blouin]

Originally Posted by MattBurger

Holy crap, Landon Wilson? I thought he retired years ago.

same here. I remember when he was coming up to the NHL, he was hyped up

[OriginalSix]

Morrow looked awesome against the Blackhawks yesterday. I didn't see the fall in the 3rd period that took him out. This just adds to the problems Dallas has been facing. They might be making some moves before the deadline. Morrow is a fun player to watch and the perfect captain.