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Tuesday, October 24, 2000
Gauthier broke hand during fight



Denis
Gauthier
Gauthier

CALGARY, Alberta -- Calgary Flames defenseman Denis Gauthier is expected to miss a month after learning Friday that he broke his left hand eight days ago in a fight with Jamie Pushor of the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Gauthier, 24, injured himself in Calgary's third game of the season. He played the next two games with what team officials thought was a deep bruise, but was placed on injured reserve on Sunday.

It is another setback for the 20th overall pick in the 1995 draft. The bruising 6-2, 210-pounder missed the last 30 games of the 1999-00 season with a hip injury.

Gauthier has one assist, a minus-1 rating and 11 penalty minutes this season, and four goals, six assists and 145 penalty minutes in 209 NHL games since debuting in 1997-98.

The Flames welcomed back captain Steve Smith on Saturday night. Smith had not played since suffering a career-threatening neck injury in January.





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