by Bill Beacon, The Canadian Press , The Hamilton Spectator

"I don't want to risk anything," Hedman said yesterday after watching his teammates practise at the Bell Centre. "It's day to day. There's still a lot of games left in the season, so I'm not going to play."

The Bolts end a four-game road trip tonight against the Canadiens.

Neil took a long run and flattened Hedman with a body check behind the Tampa net with 5:48 left in the second period of the Senators 3-2 overtime win on Thursday night. The 18-year-old was helped off and did not return to the game.

He said he felt no dizziness or other signs of a concussion and holds no grudge against Neil for the hit, adding that he must learn to keep his head up.

"I feel good," said Hedman. "It was a clean hit.

"I didn't see it, but I've been told it was a clean hit. I was behind my net, I was trying to pass the puck back to Ollie (Mattias Ohlund) and tried to reach for it and he just came and ran over me."

Hedman watched the practice with members of the Swedish national junior team, who are in Montreal for a series of exhibition games against university squads.

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