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Corvo has surgery to close cut on leg

Updated: December 1, 2009, 12:34 PM ET
Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Joe Corvo is expected to be sidelined for at least eight weeks after his right leg was cut by a skate and required surgery.

The team said Tuesday that Corvo was placed on injured reserve after he injured his leg the night before in a 3-2 loss to Washington.

Corvo's lower right leg was cut by Washington defenseman Karl Alzner's skate during a first-period collision, and he had surgery on Monday night. The Hurricanes say Corvo may ...

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