Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Chris Tanev was back on the ice Saturday ahead of the team’s session, reports TSN’s Mark Masters.
This comes one week after he left last weekend’s game in Philadelphia against the Flyers on a stretcher.
In last Saturday’s 5-2 victory over the Flyers, Tanev collided with Philadelphia’s Matvei Michkov shoulder to shoulder with 11:37 minutes remaining in the game and he went down to the ice after his head snapped back.
He was attended to by trainers with his head and neck stabilized and was stretchered off the ice. Michkov was given a two-minute interference penalty for the hit on Tanev, who was returning from a four-game absence due to a concussion.
Berube told reporters after the game Tanev went to hospital for testing. The veteran defenceman was discharged the next day and the Leafs placed him on the injured reserve list.
Tanev has two assists in eight games so far this season.