21.   Richter, with a mild shoulder separation, also could return Saturday.

22.   Sergei Fedorov is playing despite a recent shoulder separation and Steve Yzerman is recovering from arthroscopic knee surgery.

23.   Shoulder separations, dislocations and rotator-cuff injuries can be serious, and require medical attention.

24.   Strong safety Ron Rice is out with a shoulder separation, replaced by former Patriot Corwin Brown.

25.   The Irish, despite the loss of Hanratty to a shoulder separation, managed to struggle back and tie the score.

26.   The Patriots quarterback suffered a slight shoulder separation Sunday when he was sacked by San Francisco linebacker Ken Norton Jr.

27.   The Philadelphia Flyers said defenseman Paul Coffey will be out one to two weeks with a minor shoulder separation.

28.   The shoulder separation suffered by the senior tailback Tyrone Wheatley is just one of four injuries to experienced players.

29.   Timander, who is coming off a shoulder separation, is coming along slowly.

30.   To make matters worse, quarterback Ryan Clement was knocked out of the game with a partial shoulder separation.