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Mangiapane article

http://calgaryherald.com/sports/hock...velopment-camp

The slick 20-year-old winger is stuck on the sidelines, rehabbing a nagging groin injury he suffered earlier in his Ontario Hockey League season with the Barrie Colts.

“You’re going on the ice every day for practices and games,” Mangiapane said on Monday, as the prospects went through fitness testing at WinSport. “Then, when you have an injury, you just stop. This is the biggest injury I’ve ever had. It’s tough because I can’t do anything. It kind of sucks, but it happens.”

The injury happened in February but Mangiapane played through it, managing the pain and trying to loosen it up each day. Trainers taped him, but his range of motion while he was skating was limited.

“It felt tight so I didn’t want to push too hard,” he explained. “But once it loosened up, it was fine and I could play with it.

“They don’t want to take any risks right now, that’s why I’m not going on the ice. I just want to make sure it’s healed.”