courtesy Greg Meachem, Red Deer Advocate

Fitted with a walking boot and moving about on crutches Monday, Red Deer Rebels captain Adam Kambeitz looked like a player whose season had prematurely ended....

.....“It was kind of an unlucky play. What I remember was tripping and falling into the boards feet first on a different angle,” said the 19-year-old. “I didn’t realize it was as big an injury as it was, so I tried to play with it.” The official medical report on Kambeitz is that he will be out a minimum of six weeks, but in fact he may be done for the season. If the worst-case scenario does materialize, he will join defenceman Justin Weller and goaltender Patrik Bartosak — who undergoes shoulder surgery today — as victims of season-ending injuries........

.....Rebels GM/head coach Jesse Wallin has dealt with a multitude of injuries this season. When all is said and done, the club will lose more than 200 man-games in 2011-12 after taking a total hit of 110 last season. 

“Kamby is just the latest,” said Wallin. “It’s a tough blow and he’s had a tough year. He lost his mom this past summer so he had a lot on his plate"........

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