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There was encouraging news Friday on Stars forward Curtis McKenzie, who took a high stick near his eye in Thursday's game at Boston.
"He has a deep gash around his eye, but right now it doesn't look like there is any permanent eye damage," said Stars GM Jim Nill. "But they will know more once the swelling goes down."
McKenzie was injured in the third period when the stick of Boston defenseman Kevan Miller went up under the Dallas forward's face shield during a faceoff. McKenzie left the ice bleeding badly and was taken to a Boston-area hospital where doctors closed the gash.

McKenzie spent Thursday night in Boston and on Friday he was flying back to Dallas, where he will be evaluated by doctors.
"He'll get checked every day by the doctors, but so far they see no damage to the eye," Nill said. "It's as good as news as you can have."
Nill said there will be no activity for McKenzie for the next five days and whether or not he will play again this season is up in the air with the Stars having just a little more than a week remaining in the season.
"No activity for the next five days and then we'll go from there," Nill said. "There's not a lot of time left here. We'll play it by ear. We'll see if he plays again this season.**