1.   He aggravated a nagging left shoulder injury and left the ice during the third period.

2.   A nagging shoulder injury has forced Dana Chladek to pass on the critical races.

3.   Briefly Center Kirk Muller was held out of the third period Friday for precautionary reasons due to a nagging shoulder injury.

4.   But days later, a nagging shoulder injury forced Schourek out, and Dierker gave the ball to Lima.

5.   Out of sorts because of a nagging shoulder injury, Clijsters has yet to find the same groove she had last season.

6.   Doubles specialist Lee Wan Wah, for instance, is troubled by a nagging shoulder injury but that is not bothering him.

7.   Novotna reached the championship match after her scheduled opponent, top-ranked Monica Seles, withdrew from the tournament with a nagging shoulder injury early Friday morning.

8.   Stackhouse sat out with nagging shoulder and hip problems.

9.   The right-hander said he has had nagging shoulder discomfort most of the season.