Marc Savard suffers another head injury

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    For the second time in a week, Boston Bruins center Marc Savard suffered a head injury. Savard, racing former teammate Matt Hunwick down for a puck toward the Colorado Avalanche end boards 3:19 into the second, went flying into the boards head-first when hit by Hunwick.

    Bruins coach Claude Julien said after Boston's 6-2 win that it was a "clean hit," but unlike last Saturday when Savard came back and played after taking a hard hit to the head from Penguins defenseman Deryk Engelland, Savard laid on the ice squirming in pain, had to be helped off by teammates and trainers, and did not return to action.

    Savard won't accompany the team to Los Angeles for Monday's game against the Kings.

    "Marc is going to be heading back home," Julien told the media after the game. "He got shook up obviously on that hit and he's going to be re-evaluated. We don't have anything concrete except that we're going to be cautious and send him back home and get it checked out."

    Julien didn't seem to see any signs of a concussion when he met with Savard after the game and stressed to the media and fans not to link previous concussions or head injuries Savard has suffered to Saturday's incident.

    Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nhl/news/story?id=6048531
     

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