Sunday, Nov. 8 12:56am ET  (from ESPN.com)
                Player blinded in
                accident
 
                Associated Press
 
                ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland -- Jeff Libby, a defenseman
with
                the Lowell Lock Monsters of the AHL, was rushed to a
                hospital Saturday night after being cut on the eye by a
skate
                during a 4-2 victory over the St. John's Maple Leafs.
 
                Libby, 24, was trailing the play when the Maple Leafs'
Mark
                Deyell was upended by a Lowell player. Deyell's skate
came
                up and caught Libby in the eye area. Libby, bleeding
                profusely, immediately left the ice.
 
                "It's the most tragic thing I've seen here," said Maple
Leafs
                team physician Dick Barter. "And it was a freaky play.
                Absolutely freaky."
 
                Barter said Libby was to undergo surgery late Saturday
night,
                but the prognosis isn't good.
 
                "We'll have to wait and see, but the chances of him
getting his
                sight back are about 10 per cent," Barter said. "It's a
very bad
                injury. The eyeball was cut."
 
                Marcel Cousineau made 22 saves to earn his
league-leading
                ninth victory of the season.
 
                "It's not a pleasant thing to see when something like
this
                happens, whether it's your teammate or not," Cousineau
said.
                "All our prayers are with Jeff right now."