The Washington Capitals have sent goalie Semyon Varlamov to AHL Hershey as he comes back from an injury.
Varlamov has been sidelined since Dec. 7, missing nine games, because of what the team is calling a lower-body injury.
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Posted by XtremeInsanity 325 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
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