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StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Minnesota Wild have re-signed rehabilitating defenseman Kurtis Foster to a one-year contract.General manager Doug Risebrough promised to retain the 26-year-old to give him peace of mind about his future after he suffered a badly broken leg in a March game against San Jose.Foster needed surgery to repair a fractured femur, and a stabilizing rod was inserted in his upper leg. He...
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Foster needed surgery to repair a fractured femur, and a stabilizing rod was inserted in his upper leg. He has two screws in his knee and one in his hip and is unlikely to be ready to return to the ice for several months.
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
via press release: Minnesota Wild President and General Manager Doug Risebrough today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has re-signed defenseman Kurtis Foster to a 2008-09 contract. Update 4:48pm ET: Michael Russo notes that Foster’s salary is $1.025 million for the season.
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 04/13/2008
Kurtis Foster says his recovery is progressing quickly thanks to help from his rehabilitation routine and fiancee Stephanie Bosch. For Game 2, he hoped his return would help his team.
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
ST. PAUL, MINN. — Before Game 2 on Friday night, Kurtis Foster and Nick Schultz assumed their positions in the Wild's blue line infirmary, a press box suite high above the ice at Xcel Energy
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Covers.com (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -Keeping tabs on Joe Sakic , Peter Forsberg , Paul Stastny and Milan Hejduk is tough enough with a full stable of defensemen. With Nick Schultz on the shelf after a surprise appendectomy, and Kurtis Foster lost to a b...
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Though they're down only 1-0 in their best-of-seven playoff series with the Avs, the Minnesota Wild may already be cornered. Kurtis Foster, out. Nick Schultz, unavailable. Mark Parrish, unlikely. Martin Skoula?
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
But the radio broadcaster wonders how the team will hold up against Colorado without defensemen Kurtis Foster and Nick Schultz.
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 04/01/2008
The Wild's Kurtis Foster, early in the long road to recovery from a devastating broken femur suffered last month, looks back on the injury and ahead to the future.
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City Pages - Balls! Sports Blog (Free subscription) | 03/29/2008
The Wild defenseman was a human car crash when he slammed into the boards in San Jose. See the video and read an update on his condition.
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The Puck Stops Here (Free subscription) | 03/28/2008
On March 19th, it a game in San Jose, Kurtis Foster of the Minnesota Wild broke his left leg in a race for a puck on a delayed icing call. This has sparked debate about whether or not the NHL should institute no touch icing where icing is called whenever the puck is shot down the ice in an icing situation immediately instead of when a defensive player recovers it. The idea is that this would
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 03/27/2008
from Drew Remenda at Seagate Broadcaster Blog, As Kurtis Foster was laying on a opererating table getting his leg repaired, the Minnesota Wild had quickly made arrangements to get his fiance to the San Jose. Chris Snow the Wild’s Director of Hockey Operations stayed behind to make sure Kurtis Foster was getting the best possible care by keeeping the communication going between the Wild and Sharks Medical...
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 03/24/2008
From Ken Campbell at The Hockey News, It was about as predictable as an episode of Three’s Company. The moment Kurtis Foster of the Minnesota Wild went hurtling into the boards and broke his leg last week trying to beat Torrey Mitchell of the San Jose Sharks to the puck, the usual hue and cry came from the hockey community calling for an immediate move to no-touch icing. The loud dresser with the loud...
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The Harper Team (Free subscription) | 03/22/2008
One man almost lost his leg in this violent shark encounter. Fortunately it looks like Kurtis Foster may recover after a prolonged rehab. Wednesday night my good friend, and die-hard San Jose Sharks fan, Rudi Lang and I went to see the Sharks play against the Minnesota Wild. It was a great game that went into overtime [...]
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 03/21/2008
Minnesota Wild defenseman Kurtis Foster faces several months of rehabilitation to recover from a broken femur.
