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Fallout continues: Price aggravates Olympic injury, will miss next two games (Updated)

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Another day, another NHL player sidelined with an injury suffered in Sochi.

On Wednesday, Montreal announced that Carey Price will miss the next two games with a lower-body injury he re-aggravated during the Olympics.

Price took Wednesday’s morning skate -- Montreal hosts Detroit tonight -- and left after making a stop in a drill, favoring his leg. He didn’t return to the ice and, shortly after the skate, the Habs recalled Dustin Tokarski from their AHL affiliate in Hamilton.

If you’re wondering why Price was practicing with a preexisting injury, you’re not alone:

If Price was dealing with a lower body injury, why in the world would he be taking shots on a 5-0 pp practice cold. Not a wise decision.

— Mike Johnson (@mike_p_johnson) February 26, 2014

Price, 26, is coming off a stellar Olympics in which he backstopped Canada to gold and was named the top goaltender of the tournament after going 5-0-0 with a 0.59 goals-against average, .972 save percentage and two shutouts.

As mentioned above, the list of players hurt in Sochi seems to be growing by the day:

– Islanders captain John Tavares tore his MCL playing for Canada, and will miss the remainder of the season.

– Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg re-injured his back in Sweden’s tournament opener, underwent surgery and will be out eight weeks.

– Rangers leading scorer Mats Zuccarello broke his hand in the Norway’s final group game, and will be out 3-4 weeks.

-- Penguins defenseman Paul Martin broke his hand prior to the U.S.'s semifinal loss to Canada, and will miss the next 4-6 weeks.

– Florida rookie Aleksander Barkov hurt his knee playing for Finland, and will be out indefinitely.

– Florida forward Tomas Kopecky suffered a concussion playing for Slovakia, and is also out indefinitely.

– Columbus defenseman Fedor Tyutin suffered an ankle sprain playing for Russia, and is out 2-3 weeks.

Montreal head coach Michel Therrien said Price is day-to-day, but won’t travel with the club to Pittsburgh for Thursday’s game against the Penguins.

Update: Interesting here, from CBC...

Babcock said he had no idea about any injury to Price at Olympics and he played great for Team Canada.

— Andie Bennett (@AndieCBC) February 26, 2014