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AMHERST, Mass.—Thrifty with words as usual, assistant captain Tom Cavanagh described that early January practice when he slid, feet-first, into the boards during practice and tore the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee thus: “I knocked something loose...
...course, most people would probably play up the pain factor a bit more—but then again, most people probably wouldn’t continue playing Division I hockey with a torn ACL...
According to the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Sport Medicine website, “The ACL...stabilizes the knee to allow pivoting, twisting, and jumping sports.” When the ACL is torn, then, “the knee may feel unstable and give out. The knee usually swells a great deal immediately (within two hours). Over the next several hours, pain becomes more severe and it becomes difficult to walk...
...Initial swelling precluded the ACL diagnosis, and so, with what was deemed a hyperextended knee, Cavanagh quietly went about his business...
...just before the Feb. 18 home game against Clarkson, an MRI pinpointed the torn ACL...