Red Wings prospect Max Plante made his University of Minnesota-Duluth debut this past weekend, registering 2 assists while playing alongside his brother Zam on the Bulldogs’ second line…
But the Duluth News-Tribune’s Matt Wellens reports that Plante was injured during the game, and that he will miss significant time:
After initially saying Sunday that freshman wing Max Plante would be out “a while” with an upper body injury, Minnesota Duluth men’s coach Scott Sandelin tossed out a more precise — but still vague — timeline on Wednesday during his weekly press conference at Amsoil Arena.
Plante, a 2024 second-round NHL draft pick of the Detroit Red Wings, is estimated to miss the next 4-6 weeks with an upper body injury after being shoved into the end wall Saturday in a 4-3 overtime loss to Bemidji State at Amsoil Arena. The Bulldogs were on a power play with 4:40 remaining in regulation when the legal hit occurred. Plante left the game and briefly came back for a shift in overtime before returning to the bench.
Based on the timeline Sandelin provided Wednesday, Max Plante could return for the second week of NCHC play — a road series at Miami — or not until UMD is at Arizona State in December.
“We’ll see, we’ll see,” Sandelin said.
Continued; rough news for Plante.
