Filip Hallander is back.
Hallander, 22, returned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's lineup on Wednesday night for the Penguins' game against the Springfield Thunderbirds, just under four weeks after suffering a scary-looking injury on Jan. 6 that had him stretchered off the ice and taken to a hospital.
The injury happened when Hallander and a Charlotte Checkers defenseman got tangled up in the corner. Both players were upended in the collision and Hallander's head and neck appeared to take much of the impact as he fell to the ice:
Hallander returned to practice in a non-contact jersey just over a week ago, then returned to practice in a full capacity this week.