Marc Savard Done For Season After Continuing Concussion Symptoms

Official: Bruins will shut Savard down

By JIMMY GOLEN
AP Sports Writer
      BOSTON (AP) – A Boston Bruins official says that center Marc
Savard will be shut down for the season after sustaining his second
concussion in less than a year.
      The Bruins official spoke on the condition of anonymity because
Savard was scheduled to make the announcement at a news conference
on Monday afternoon.
      It's the second straight major concussion for Savard.
      Savard was injured in the Bruins' Jan. 22 game against Colorado,
when he was checked into the end boards' glass by former teammate
Matt Hunwick. Savard also sustained a concussion against Pittsburgh
on March 7, 2010. He did not return until the second round of the
playoffs and missed the first 23 games of this season.
      Savard has two goals and eight assists in 25 games.
      
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