comicdude
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| 08 Nov 2014 08:41 PM |
With most of the San Diego Diamonds still decompressing from their stint in the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs, one Diamond already has his sights set on S14. “I’m excited for next year,” Comic Dude said. “As crazy as it sounds, I’m ready to go.” Rising to the occasion this year when the team needed him most, Comic Dude soon became a standout starter while battling through a number of ailments. “It’s pretty remarkable how he came through,” head coach Cheesey Macral said. "It wasn’t just one thing with him, he had so many things break down on him, but he gamed though it all year.” But it was an elbow injury late in the season that really left a “sour taste” in his mouth. “When I hurt my elbow, Obby came in between periods and gave me a hug and I actually started crying,” Comic Dude said. “I knew we all worked all year to get here and I probably wasn’t going to be able to play in the first round. “I really wanted to play in the playoffs. It was something I was really looking forward to. To get hurt when I did was really tough.” The injury occurred on October 8 versus the Ontario Reign when Comic Dude dove for a puck less than six minutes into the game. There was speculation that Comic Dude was being over played during the last stretch of the season at the time of the injury, yet the 6-stud-7 netminder called what was later announced as a dislocated elbow “flukey.” His elbow was then popped back into place when Comic Dude went back to the locker room and he worked hard to be back by Game 4 if San Diego could hold out. With the season over, Comic Dude will take take care of another injury to his right wrist, which had been in a cast the entire second half of the season. “I tore a ligament right before the all-star break,” he said. “I think I’m going to have surgery next week.” While Comic Dude did not know the exact time he tore the ligament, he said his wrist was first aggravated on September 5 during warm-ups in Warsaw and again during a Diamonds home game on October 6 versus the Moose Jaw Sorcerers. The medical staff put on a cast for the next month after the incident in Warsaw, according to Bishop, and when he hurt it again, he put on a different cast after the all-star break. “It needs to be fixed,” Comic Dude said. “It was a pain in the butt all year.” Recovery time for a surgically repaired wrist will be 3-4 months and Comic Dude expects to be ready to go for training camp in late October. “It almost feels like my year was incomplete by not being able to play in the playoffs,” Comic Dude said. “So hopefully I’ll be 100 percent.” And though the questions will always linger on the what-ifs of having Comic Dude available in the postseason, the Diamonds were grateful to have him playing well for as long as he did. “We can gripe about being swept in the first round,” Macral said. “But without Comic Dude before, there may have not been a first round.” |
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| 08 Nov 2014 09:08 PM |
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comicdude
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| 08 Nov 2014 09:21 PM |
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