I haven't seen anything about this on Hockey-L, so I have forwarded it.  I
wish I didn't have to.
 
Karen
 
>Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 12:29:40 -0400
>From: [log in to unmask] (Steve Jones)
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>Here's a forwarded e-mail sent to me, I figured I would pass it on:
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>>A five-hour operation late Saturday night likely was not enough to save the
>>right eye of Islanders prospect Jeff Libby (former Maine player).
>> The defenceman suffered the freak injury in an AHL game in St. John's when
>>Maple Leafs forward Mark Deyell was sandwiched by two players of the Lowell
>>Lock Monsters, causing his skate to fly upward and slice Libby's right
>>eyeball as he trailed the play. A few fans among 3,200 in attendance became
>>ill as they saw Libby hold a blood-soaked towel to his face as he left the
>>ice.
>> "The odds are against him (regaining sight), but where there's a chance,
>>there's hope," Lowell team spokesman Randy Sieminski said last night.
>> Dr. John McNicholas, ophthalmologist at the Health Science Centre in St.
>>John's, was attending the 24-year-old Libby, assisted by Leafs team doctor
>>Dick Barter.
>> "The skate cut with considerable force," Barter told the St. John's
>>Evening Telegram. "The eyelid is quite dreadful."
>> Barter said the injury could have been prevented had Libby been wearing a
>>visor.
>> "My (11-year-old) son was at the game and he said, 'Dad, I'll never play
>>hockey without a visor.' If there's some good that came out of it, I think
>>Jeff would like it that way."
>> Islanders team doctors will be consulted before the next step is taken. If
>>the eye is to be removed, it must be done in the next few days or vision in
>>the healthy eye will start to be affected. Libby is listed in stable
>>condition. His parents arrived from Waterville, Me., last night, while St.
>>John's and Lowell fans sent him get well messages all day.
>> Libby spent three years playing at the University of Maine, before being
>>signed by the Isles last year. The 6-foot-3, 215-pounder played one game
>>for New York in 1997-98, splitting the season with Utah of the IHL and
>>Kentucky of the AHL.
>>
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