Dino Promoted

A day after the Winnipeg News posted how Dino Ciccarelli was adjusting nicely to a smaller role on the team, he has been given a huge promotion.  Unfortunately, it came at the expense of Robert Lang.  The 25-year old Lang went down with an injury on Thursday night and x-rays have determined that he has broke a couple of ribs which will now leave him out of the line-up for what the team is stating is 2-4 weeks.  Playing on the second line, Lang had recorded 11-goals and 31 points so far this season.

Ciccarelli will jump from the fourth line right up to the second line.  When asked why Gary Leeman would not be moved up as he was already playing on the third line coach Bobby Orr stated "I really like where our third line is at right now, I think Gary is jiving quite nicely with Stapes (Mike Stapleton) and Nicky (Nikolai Borschevsky).  This also gives Dino a chance for some minutes that he has been lacking over the last few weeks".

Winnipeg will be hosting the Anaheim Ducks in their next game and it will be interesting to see what Ciccarelli can do against a lesser opponent.