41.   He wears a brace, but there is little evidence that his quickness is limited.

42.   He wears braces on his teeth now, but somehow, so fittingly, they come off in a year.

43.   He wore a brace the first seven games of the season, then reinjured the knee against Stanford and missed the next two weeks.

44.   He still wears the brace, but the knee is fine now even though it has never been operated on.

45.   He suffered a stress fracture of a vertebra and was required to wear a brace for six weeks.

46.   He went through all drills and plays and did not wear a brace on his knee.

47.   He will also throw and do other low-impact drills, and he expects to wear a brace.

48.   He will work on strengthening the muscles that support the area and will wear a brace when he returns to the ice.

49.   He wore braces to stretch and straighten his legs and had physical therapy in school.

50.   He was wearing a brace on the elbow in the locker room and will have it checked out today.