Mac Back; Hillen too.

The Isles are finally getting a player back from injury. In fact, two.

Andrew MacDonald, who broke his hand blocking a Vinny Lecavalier shot in Tampa
on October 21 has been activated from IR, as has Jack Hillen, who got into the
line-up when he replaced MacDonald after Andrew's injury.

The Isles said that MacDonald would be out 4-6 weeks; tomorrow will be 6 weeks
to the day of his injury.

While the actuary in me says "correlation does not imply causation", the Isles'
victory in Tampa put them at 4-1-2 on the season. They didn't win again until
their most recent game, against the Devils on Friday, going 1-11-3 in his
absence. Katie Strang has already reported that MacDonald will be in the
line-up against the Rangers tomorrow.

Hillen suffered a concussion on November 11th in San Jose and has missed the
last six games.

Trent Hunter and Mike Mottau replace MacDonald and Hillen on IR.

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