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Hurricanes’ Ryan Murphy suffered a concussion

Ryan Murphy

Ryan Murphy

AP

Tough news from Carolina Hurricanes head coach Bill Peters on Sunday: defenseman Ryan Murphy is sidelined with a concussion.

The Hurricanes believe that Murphy was injured thanks to a boarding hit by Ryan White of the Philadelphia Flyers last night. Murphy is considered day-to-day at the moment.

(Video of that hit wasn’t immediately available.)

Concussions have plagued Hurricanes players in the past, particularly Jeff Skinner.

As Peters notes, Carolina’s defense is dealing with some health issues.

“We’re banged up in our organization the back-end,” Peters said. “We’re not going to call anybody up until we need to. We’ve got six capable bodies, and we’ll play them.”

That likely means some playing time for Michal Jordan (giggles).