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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom could be practicing at full speed in 12 weeks after surgery on his left hip turned up less damage than expected.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The team said that Dr. Marc Philippon corrected the problems in the All-Star's left hip during surgery on Friday in Vail, Colo., and that the cartilage damage was less severe than feared.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Before the operation, the team had expected his recovery to take three to six months.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Backstrom started 71 of 82 games and went 37-24-8. His .923 save percentage ranked fifth in the NHL during the regular season.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The injury was from wear and tear, not a collision.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Philippon also operated on the hip of New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez in March.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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