Music: {allcanada} REGIN'S SHOULDER PASSES GAME ACTION TEST

Friday, November 2, 2012

{allcanada} REGIN'S SHOULDER PASSES GAME ACTION TEST

The Ottawa Sun points out that it was a long way to go to test his surgically repaired shoulder, but for Peter Regin, it was worth the trip.

The Senators forward returned to Ottawa Wednesday from a two-weekend stint with SC Langenthal of the Swiss National League B. Regin had two goals and three assists in the four games, but padding point totals wasn't as important to him as making sure he doesn't need extra padding when the NHL resumes play.

Regin had season-ending surgery on his left shoulder last January — an extremely disheartening injury given that surgery on his right shoulder ended his 2010-11 season.

"I took a couple of hits," Regin said of his brief time in Switzerland while speaking with reporters after locked-out NHLers had their hour-long skate Thursday at the Bell Sensplex. "That was probably the biggest thing out of these weeks, to feel that and be confident.

"It's been good here at the skates, but you guys have been watching, there's not a lot of hitting going on. So you don't really know until you get into battles, and it responded good, so that was perfect."

Regin knew his stay in the Swiss second-tier league wouldn't be a long one. He was there only as a roster fill-in for Jeff Campbell, the team's leading scorer last season. Regin won't be staying in Ottawa for long. He'll be going back overseas to play in the "best league possible" as soon as he can.