Blackhawks reveal status of Corey Perry

The Chicago Blackhawks have been without veteran forward Corey Perry since Wednesday of this week; he didn't suit up for their blowout loss at the hands of the Columbus Blue Jackets, nor did he skate in the following day's practice. 

And he won't be in the lineup this afternoon against the Toronto Maple Leafs at United Center, according to the team. 

Head coach Luke Richardson spoke to media members minutes ago, and said that he wasn't able to go into any further details as to the reason behind Perry's absence. 

"He won't be in the lineup today and I'm unable to give any more information at this time," Richardson stated." 

"It's just going to be kept internal for now in the organization," he continued. "Hopefully we'll be able to give updates soon, but we can't give a timeline on that."

When pressed for a more detailed answer as to why Perry isn't available to play right now, Richardson again held his ground. 

"Again, I can't comment any further on that today....I'm just not going to go there today on anything else. Today our focus is on the game day," he said.

Richardson had a similar theme to his comments yesterday, refusing to go into any specific details. 

“I just wanted to start by saying I know you have questions about Corey Perry not playing last night and attending practice today but we’re going to keep that internal in the organization right now,” Richardson told reporters on Thursday. “I’m not going to be able to answer any more questions on that.”

Perry is in his first year with the Blackhawks, and has scored four goals with an assist in nine games played.

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