Legace Singing the Blues with Palin

St. Louis Blues goalie, Manny Legace, said that he holds no grudge against Republican vice presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, after he suffered, what was termed, a lower body injury.

Legace, who is 4-2 on the season with a 2.94 GAA, suffered a fluke injury on Friday night. When stepping onto the ice, he tripped on a carpet, that was rolled out in honor of Palin, who was dropping the ceremonial puck.

“I felt a pull right away,” said Legace, who tumbled to the ice. “I was hoping it would just go away.”

On that evening, Legace who is 313-291 in his career, was pulled after the first period, as he had allowed two Los Angels Kings goals on 12 shots. He was replaced by Ben Bishop, who was making his NHL debut.

Looking ahead to Saturday’s game against the Florida Panthers, Legace said that he will not be playing, and is unclear about when he’ll be back in action. “After making the first save, the injury felt worse.”

Prior to Legace entering the ice, a team official alerted the goalie about the carpet. According to Legace, the official accidentally moved his own foot from the carpet, making it slide, just when Legace was in the process of stepping onto the ice. After falling onto the ice, Legace slowly got up and skated to his crease, where he did some warm-up stretches.

The Blues, who have lost prized young defenseman, Erik Johnson for the season, cannot afford to be without Legace for any long stretches, if they are to make a run at post season.

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