Penguins put Maatta on IR with unspecified injury

Olli-Maatta

Pittsburgh Penguins defenceman Olli Maatta

The Pittsburgh Penguins will be without Olli Maatta for a couple weeks after retroactively placing the defenceman on injured reserve with an unspecified, upper-body injury.

The 20-year-old has nine points in 20 games this season and had missed the previous three games. Maatta missed a couple weeks in November after having a cancerous tumour removed from his thyroid gland.

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Earlier on Saturday, the Penguins recalled forwards Bryan Rust and Bobby Farnham from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League and sent down forward Jayson Megna.

The Penguins play the Columbus Blue Jackets Saturday and will also be without Sidney Crosby.

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