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Brubaker sidelined by hernia surgery

Associated Press

Thursday, April 16, 2009

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Rockne Brubaker, two-time U.S. pairs champion with Keauna McLaughlin, hopes to be back on the ice in early May after undergoing hernia surgery earlier this month. Brubaker had surgery April 3 to repair two sports hernias, tears in the muscles of the lower abdomen. Recovery is four to six weeks, and he expects to resume training around May 1. Brubaker said he first noticed the injury last fall. "Sometimes there were days I had to tone it down in training or couldn't ...

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