Phantoms provide injury update on Eetu Makiniemi

Photo credit: JustSports / Lehigh Valley PhantomsAs above, so below, or so they say. The injury bug has already bitten the Flyers and tested their depth, and the depth even deeper in the organization will be tested going forward as well.

Last Saturday’s Phantoms game against the reigning Calder Cup champion Hershey Bears saw them lose a key piece of their lineup, as Eetu Makiniemi was knocked out of the game with an injury in the second period. It came on a play when he was trying to stop a one-on-one shot coming at him with speed, and he dropped into a split, seemed to over-extend something, and wasn’t able to get back to his skates under his own power.

It looked bad at the time, and the…