<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Rangers bad boy Sean Avery was rushed to a Manhattan hospital with a lacerated spleen apparently suffered in a collision during a playoff loss to Pittsburgh, the team said Wednesday. Avery, 28, was admitted to St. Vincent's Medical Center after a CT scan identified the season-ending injury, said Rangers General Manager Glen Sather. "He is expected to make a full recovery during the off-season," Sather said in a brief statement.</div> Link. Wow. First he gets caught up in the Spitzer scandal, then he makes an ass out of himself and forces the NHL to change a rule in the middle of the playoffs, then he almost dies. It's been quite a year for Sean Avery so far. Extremely glad to see he's doing OK and he will be back next season. This is a very serious injury. He was reported through several sources to be unconscious and in cardiac arrest when the trainers got him to the hospital. Amazingly, he logged an assist after suffering the injury.
