Wild forward Vinnie Hinostroza diagnosed with serious injury after collision with Penguins' Ryan Graves
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The Minnesota Wild announced that forward Vinnie Hinestroza suffered a "serious" injury after his awkward collision with Pittsburgh Penguins forward Ryan Graves.
The Minnesota Wild may have beaten the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-0, but it came at the cost of forward Vinnie Hinestroza, who is going to be out for the foreseeable future.
Hinestroza was hurt with the Wild leading 4-0 after he got tangled up with Penguins forward Ryan Graves and fell to the ice. He got up very slowly and was clearly in pain, and didn't return for the rest of the game.
Wild head coach John Hynes has now confirmed that the injury to Hinestroza is not minor and he'll have to miss some time.
Hinestroza, who is considered a journeyman after he's played for multiple teams in his NHL career, briefly spent time with the Penguins.
Former Penguins Forward Vinnie Hinestroza Is Playing In His 11th Year In The NHL
Hinestroza was taken with the 169th overall pick by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, and would play two years with the NCAA's University of Notre Dame before joining the AHL affiliate Rockford IceHogs to start his professional career.
He'd play with the Blackhawks organization until July of 2018 when he was shipped along with Marian Hossa, Jordan Oesterle and a third round pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft for Andrew Campbell, prospect MacKenzie Entwistle, Marcus Kruger, Jordan Maletta and a fifth round pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft.
Since then, he's played for the Coyotes, Florida Panthers, Buffalo Sabres, Penguins, a second tenure with the Blackhawks, Predators and Wild.
He has 166 points (61G, 105A) in 434 career NHL games.
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