Gomez Has Stress Fracture

According to Larry Brooks at The New York Post, Scott Gomez had played 10 games with an ankle stress fracture he sustained when struck by a puck in Detroit on Oct. 18 before sitting the last four games.

Apparently Gomez learned of the stress fracture after undergoing an MRI exam on Nov. 7. Then decided to play two more games before finally yielding to the pain he'd been playing through and a groin pull he suffered in attempting to adapt to skating with the injury.

Gomez visited a local acupuncturist today, and might have a light skate tomorrow. Here's what Tom Renney had to say on Gomez' injury before tonight's game...

"It's as good as he's felt all along," Rangers coach Tom Renney said to Steve Zipay at Blue Notes. "He had some good treatment."

But said he "would have a hard time" seeing Gomez play in Ottawa Saturday afternoon.

...i understand that hockey players are tough, but c'mon Scottie playing with a stress fracture doesn't seem like the smartest idea.

...and where is Jim Ramsey and the training staff stopping Gomez from playing after learning of the diagnosis?