All in all, Thursday was about as brutal a night as possible for the New York Islanders.
After the club fell behind 3-0 only eight minutes into the first period in Philadelphia, defenseman Travis Hamonic tried to get his teammates going by asking Dale Weise to drop the gloves. Weise obliged, the two players chucked knuckles, and they even gave each other respect at the end for a spirited bout.
Only problem: Hamonic appears to have hurt his left hand in the fight. He didn't play after the tilt, logging only 4:38 of ice time. He was spotted after the game, and it didn't look good.
Hamonic with a cast on his left hand outside #Isles room. Would imagine his season is done.
— Arthur Staple (@StapeNewsday) March 31, 2017
The Islanders lost 6-3, and if Hamonic's done, an uphill climb for the Islanders to make the playoffs only gets, well, more uphill.
The 26-year-old has three goals and 14 points in 49 games, and went into action Thursday playing 20:47 a night.
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