Chris Kreider might be cornering the market on unique reasons to miss NHL games. After a bout of vertigo sidelined the former New York Rangers forward last season, Kreider missed four games this past week with an even stranger malady.
The 34-year-old, who was traded to the Anaheim Ducks this past offseason, revealed Thursday that he had hand, foot, and mouth disease, and was quarantined in a hotel room for several days.
“Not pleasant at all. No, it was terrible,” Kreider told reporters after returning to practice with Ducks. “And obviously they didn’t want to give anyone on the team that, so I was locked in the hotel room for a few days.