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Chicago loses Orr
to knee injury
The Stars' captain is expected
to miss three months
Dec. 10, 2023 -- It wasn't as scary as last month's injury to Tony Tanti. But with respect to impact on the Chicago Stars, this injury is even worse.
Captain Bobby Orr suffered a torn meniscus last night in a 5-3 win over the Charlotte Pilots, an injury expected to keep the Stars' lead defenseman on the shelf until February.
The injury happened with less than three minutes remaining and takes a key cog out of a Chicago lineup desperately trying to stay in the hunt while in the cellar of the tightly competitive Eastern Conference.
Orr, with 6 goals and 24 assists, ranks fourth in points among defensemen and, with the loss of Tanti to a neck laceration last month, takes yet another potent offensive force off the ice for the conference's lowest-scoring team.
John-Michael Liles has been called up from the reserve squad to take Orr's place. Paul Reinhart will slide into the top pair with Al MacInnis.
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