Official Site of the Red Wings · Mar 1, 2016
It was a struggle, but Ericsson glad he played
Jonathan Ericsson celebrates Tomas Tatar's first-period goal in Saturday's 5-3 win in the Stadium Series game against the Avalanche. (Photo by Getty Images) DALLAS – Jonathan Ericsson was so pumped for his first outdoor game.
It’s just that everything surrounding last Saturday’s Stadium Series outdoor game at Coors Field was beyond normal for the Red Wings’ defenseman, who was returning from a lower-body injury that kept him out of the previous six games.
“It was a really cool experience,” Ericsson said, “although the preparation for me wasn’t great with everything in play with the altitude, the outdoor game, I hadn’t played in two weeks, and we hadn’t skated in three days before that.”