Byline: Bob Foltman
DETROIT _ Less than 24 hours after being helped to the dressing room, Steve Sullivan was on the ice Tuesday, saying he thinks he'll be in the lineup Wednesday night when the Chicago Blackhawks face the Detroit Red Wings.
"In my mind, I would like to play," Sullivan said.
Sullivan went crashing to the ice after banging his right knee into the back of Hawks defenseman Stephane Robidas' leg with three minutes left in a 7-4 loss at St Louis Monday night. Sullivan was on the ice for minutes clutching his knee before being helped off.
Doctors determined Sullivan suffered a deep bruise and there was no ligament damage.
"It's a matter of my pain threshold and how much I'm able to take," Sullivan said. "The biggest thing is the stiffness."
When the incident occurred, Sullivan, like most people who saw it happen, feared the worst.
"When I saw it on tape, it looked a lot worse than it was," he said.
Sullivan said it was good his leg was in the air when he made contact rather than being planted on the ice.
"If I had any weight on that knee, I'm sure I wouldn't be here right now," he said.
After struggling most of the season, Sullivan is riding an NHL-high seven-game point streak with a goal and eight assists in that span. He leads the Hawks with 28 points.
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