Johnson Placed on Injured Reserve List

Mad Dogs rookie center Rousey Johnson met with doctors on Wednesday to check the progress of the double fracture in his right thumb. The results were not good and he had to undergo surgery on it Thursday morning. He is expected to be out 4 - 6 weeks putting him back on the ice sometime in mid January. Rousey was in good spirits Wednesday night while discussing the procedure with captain Brian Loehr and said he was excited to heal up so he could be back on the ice for the Mad Dogs playoff run. 

Johnson missed two weeks earlier in the season after the original fracture to his thumb. In the 4 games he's played in during his rookie season in B2 he has managed to tally up 8 points. 5 goals(1 short handed, no pun intended) and 3 assists. 4 of those points came from last weeks game against the Falcons. We look forward to having him back soon but until then expectations have been raised for rookie Sean Gervais to fill his place on the score sheet.