21.   Everything had been going smoothly before Ceballos went down with a hand injury.

22.   Freshman guard Miles Simon, who missed about six weeks with a hand injury, is a perimeter scorer who could be a key factor.

23.   Goalie Nikolai Khabibulin, for instance, suffered a freak hand injury earlier this week in practice when a slap shot somehow penetrated his blocker glove.

24.   Goaltender Stephane Fiset has struggled since his return from a hand injury.

25.   Hand injuries force two cancellations, leaving only five pianists for the suddenly enlarged audience.

26.   He has turned in a string of strong games, becoming the main man in goal while Chris Terreri recovers from a hand injury.

27.   However, more than a dozen hand injuries were linked to the use of snow blowers.

28.   Hutson had been sidelined much of training camp with a hand injury, but began practicing last week.

29.   Kane should be back from his broken hand injury this weekend.

30.   Lakers forward Cedric Ceballos -- the All-Star who could only watch because of a hand injury -- might have summed it up best.