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Philippe Boucher	#43 \| Defenseman \| Pittsburgh Penguins

Height: 6-3 Weight: 221 Shoots: R Born: March 24, 1973, St. Apollinaire, Quebec

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November 18, 2008
Philippe Boucher is set to make his debut with the Penguins tonight against Minnesota, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

November 16, 2008
TSN.ca reports Philippe Boucher has been traded to the Penguins for Darryl Sydor.

October 15, 2008
Philippe Boucher missed practice Tuesday, according to the Star-Telegram.

October 4, 2008
Philippe Boucher participated in his first full practice of the preseason Friday and will be in the lineup for the team's preseason tilt Sunday, according to the Dallas Morning News. Boucher is coming back from a toe injury.

October 3, 2008
Philippe Boucher has skated for 30 minutes every day this week on his injured foot and appears in line to start the clubs final preseason game on Sunday, according to The Star Telegram. "Thats the goal," Boucher said. "Well see where Im at, but Id love to play. If I dont, I dont. Its just nice to get back out there."

September 30, 2008
Philippe Boucher could return to practice as early as Thursday, according to the Dallas Morning News.

September 18, 2008
Philippe Boucher is being listed as day to day with a foot injury, according to the Associated Press.

May 22, 2008
Philippe Boucher missed almost all of the playoffs because he had a torn a hip flexor not merely a strain, according to the Dallas Morning News.

May 16, 2008
Philippe Boucher skated Thursday for the first time in a few days, but he's still not ready to return from his hip strain, according to the Dallas Morning News. The defenseman has been out since April 15.

May 13, 2008
Philippe Boucher continues to work out but still isn't ready to return to action, according to the Dallas Morning News. He is hindered by a hip strain, and has not played since April 15.

May 9, 2008
Philippe Boucher missed his 10th straight playoff game on Thursday, but is expected to return to action at some point during the series with Detroit, according to the Dallas Morning News. He has been slowed by a hip strain, but was able to skate for the first time on Monday.

May 8, 2008
Philippe Boucher (hip) is being listed as doubtful to skate in Game 1 of the series against the Red Wings, according to the Dallas Morning News.

May 7, 2008
Philippe Boucher returned to the ice on Monday for the first time since suffering a hip injury against the Ducks in Game 3 of the first round, according to the Dallas Morning News. "I have more work to do before I'm ready to play," Boucher said. "I did a little more today in practice, but I wasn't out there very long. I'm moving well. I'm ahead of where I thought I would be right now."

May 4, 2008
Philippe Boucher is out for Sunday's Game 6 against San Jose, according to the Dallas Morning News. He is still nursing his hip strain.

April 25, 2008
Philippe Boucher will miss Game 1 against the Sharks, according to the Dallas Morning News. He is still recovering from his hip injury.

April 23, 2008
Philippe Boucher is still not close to returning to the Stars' lineup due to his injured hip, according to the Dallas Morning News.

April 19, 2008
Philippe Boucher will not play for the rest of the Stars first round series with the Ducks because of an injured hip, this according to the Dallas News.

March 21, 2008
Philippe Boucher practiced Thursday for the first time since March 5, saying he felt more like a normal player again. The defenseman has been out with a separated shoulder but hopes to return by the end of the month, according to the Dallas Morning News. Boucher was having a disappointing year before the injury, but his status is still worth tracking closely.

March 8, 2008
X-rays revealed that Philippe Boucher has a slight separation of his right shoulder and will miss the next three weeks, according to the Dallas Morning News. "The day it happened, it was really frustrating the 'Why me?' and everything," Boucher said. "But I'm better now. It's just another bump in the road. I know the routine, I know what it takes and I'm ready to do what it takes. I want to feel I've accomplished something this year, and there's no better time to do that than the postseason." Most of the season has been a bump for Boucher, who has been limted to just 32 games due to surgery on his other shoulder. He could be back for the end of the regular season.

March 7, 2008
At this time, the Stars consider Philippe Boucher to be week-to-week, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. "What can I say, I'm having a run of bad luck here," he said. "It's pretty hard right now. It's a hit I've never shied away from and I tried to make a play, but it's just the way I fell. [Wednesday night] I was really frustrated, and I'm still frustrated today." The hit during Wednesday's game aggravated Boucher's surgically repaired shoulder. It was just his fourth game back from the original injury, which had sidelined him since early December.

March 5, 2008
Philippe Boucher played only one shift on Wednesday night before he removed himself from the game due to his injured shoulder. This was just the fourth game that Boucher had played since returning from December 5th shoulder surgery. Last season Boucher was a huge fantasy performer with 19 goals, 12 on the power-play, and 51 points. This season the offense just hasn't been there for Philippe who has only one goal and 12 points in 32 games.

February 25, 2008
Philippe Boucher was activated from the IR on Monday after missing 38 games due to an injured back, according to NHL.com. Boucher scored 51 points last season for the Stars, and with Sergei Zubov still out of action, the team could really use some offense from the backend which Boucher should certainly be able to supply.

February 23, 2008
Philippe Boucher has been working out heavily and is nearing a return from his shoulder injury, according to the Dallas Morning News. "He's moved into a day-to-day situation, so we'll just leave it at that," coach Dave Tippett said. It appears that Boucher should get back in the mix at some point next week.

February 20, 2008
Stars coach Dave Tippett said he believes Philippe Boucher is on track to return by the end of February, according to the Dallas Morning News. "The original prognosis was 12 weeks, so we're on schedule for that," he said. Boucher, who is recovering from shoulder surgery, took slapshots and took part in some light-contact drills on Tuesday.

February 18, 2008
The Stars remain without two defensemen, Sergei Zubov (groin, foot) and Philippe Boucher (shoulder). Both are back skating with the team but there is no timetable for their return.

February 5, 2008
Philippe Boucher has been practicing with the Stars, according to the AP. However he's still working his way back from shoulder surgery and has no timetable set for his return to game action. Obviously, it's a positive sign that he's practicing, but we don't get fantasy stats for practice. Stay tuned for updates.

January 14, 2008
Philippe Boucher is not expected to return until at least the end of February. "You want to be up and running for the biggest part of the season, so that's been a real incentive for me," he said, according to the Dallas Morning News. "That's something I'm thinking about in every workout." Initially, he was expected to miss just a month due to his Dec. 5 shoulder surgery, but obviously his recovery period has been extended considerably.

January 5, 2008
Philippe Boucher will have his surgically repaired shoulder re-evaluated at some point during the next week. He remains some time away from getting back into game action, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. It's been about a month since the procedure, which was the initial estimate for his return to action, but clearly he's not ready. Stay tuned for updates next week once he's examined further.

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