CRANBERRY, Pa. -- Thomas Di Pauli hasn't had the best of luck in his first three professional seasons.
In Di Pauli's rookie year, 2016-17, he suffered an injury in training camp that kept him out of the lineup until November. He played eight games in November, but a lingering back injury had become more of a problem. He could have kept playing with the necessary treatments, or he could have had surgery to fix the problem. He elected to have surgery, and was kept out of the lineup until March, then played 13 games to finish the season.