STATE COLLEGE, Pa. Eben Britton . - Joe Paterno was released from hospital Tuesday, two days after getting blindsided at Penn State practice by a player and injuring his right shoulder and pelvis. The school said in a statement the 84-year-old coach was looking forward to returning to practice Wednesday. "Its time for everyone to turn the attention to the team," Paterno said in the brief statement. "We have a lot of hard work ahead in order to be as good as we think we can be." Penn State confirmed Tuesday afternoon no surgery was required for Paterno, and that "precautionary measures" were complete. The team did not offer any more details about the injuries. He was back home by late morning. The Hall of Fame coach spoke with his assistants Tuesday as they prepared to lead two-a-day sessions. After stopping by the house to check in on Paterno, son and quarterback coach Jay Paterno said he ended up instead getting a grilled about practice. "Hes fine. ... It turned into a little work session," Jay Paterno said with a chuckle earlier Tuesday in a phone interview. "I wish I was as tough as he is." The latest health issue wont push his father into retirement, either. "This is nothing more than a small blip on the radar," he said. Paterno is U.S. major college footballs career leader with 401 victories in 45 seasons as Penn State coach. His contract expires after the season, though he hasnt offered any clues as to when he might finally step down. He also doesnt necessarily need something in writing to stay on the job. He said at Big Ten media day in Chicago last week he could coach another four or five years -- a standard response hes given about the past couple decades. Meticulous planning of the practice schedule means the assistants can run preseason drills without interruption, Jay Paterno said. The team was back at practice Monday, after the elder Paterno held a teleconference with his assistants from the hospital. But Paternos health has become more of an issue in recent years, heightening the seemingly annual speculation of how long he would stick around. He broke his leg in a sideline collision during Penn States game at Wisconsin at Camp Randall Stadium in 2006. Two years later, a hip injury forced him to spend much of the season coaching from the press box. He ran practices from a golf cart before having hip surgery after the season. Jay Paterno said Tuesday his fathers hip was fine. During the 2010 off-season, Paterno had to scale back his personal appearances because of an intestinal issue and an adverse reaction to antibiotics prescribed for dental work. He also cut back on in-season obligations and taped segments instead of appearing live on a weekly radio show. Until this weeks setback, Paternos health had seemingly improved over the last year, to the point where he had been regularly walking around town again. He promised to take more control calling plays this year, after the offence struggled in 2010. Jay Paterno said his father remains as energetic as ever. "Nothing has changed at all," Jay Paterno said. "Nothing is wrong with him, except being a little dinged up." Matt Forte . Discussions on a Plan B to head the Canadian coaching staff, which includes Carolina Hurricanes Kirk Muller and Tampa Bay Lightnings Guy Boucher, will continue Wednesday afternoon. Jon Bostic . "The highly-anticipated showdown between The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3 coaches Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva has a new date and home, as UFC president Dana White announced Thursday that the light heavyweight bout will now headline a show in Brazil on May 31," a post on the organizations website said. BROSSARD, Que. -- Trading sniper Michael Cammalleri may have been yet another round of shock therapy for the Montreal Canadiens. It remains to be seen if the move will jolt them into winning some games. "You hope so, or it wont be the last of the changes," forward Mathieu Darche said Friday. "If it doesnt get better, there will be more players going. "So if guys dont want to leave this place, wed better start winning." The trade that sent Cammalleri to Calgary for Rene Bourque was the latest, and strangest, in a string of desperate-looking moves general manager Pierre Gauthier has pulled off this season as the Canadiens slide towards the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings. After the second period of what would turn out to be a 2-1 loss in Boston on Thursday night, Cammalleri was put in a taxi back to the team hotel after being told that he had been traded. Montreal trailed 1-0 at the time and were playing a strong game. It was later announced that Cammalleri, goaltending prospect Karri Ramo and a 2012 fifth-round draft pick had been sent to the Flames for Bourque, prospect Patrick Holland and a 2013 second-round pick. "The trade happened after the second period so that was interesting. I understood why it took place," said Cammalleri after arriving in Calgary. "The team that acquired you doesnt want to risk injury so why not pull you out. "Then I found out it was Calgary. It was a real thrill to find out I was a Flame again." Cammalleri played for the Flames in the 2008-09 season, scoring a career-best 39 goals and adding 43 assists. In October, Gautheir another pulled a shocker when he fired assistant coach Perry Pearn shortly before a game. The move had the desired affect as the team went on a winning run after a 1-5-2 start to the season. A deal in December for defenceman Tomas Kaberle, who Carolina was delighted to part with, worked for two games but then the power play it was supposed to help starting slipping to its current 29th in the 30-team league. That was followed shortly after by the firing of head coach Jacques Martin and the public relations catastrophe that ensued when Randy Cunneyworth was named the teams first non-French speaking coach in four decades. It also didnt spark a winning streak. The Canadiens are 3-8-0 since Martin left. Now the team has traded a prominent player in Cammalleri, who has been mired in a scoring slump and has only nine goals in 38 games this season. "People thought something like (a trade) would happen, but no one expected Jacques to get fired, so its hard to compare the two," said forward Max Pacioretty. "A way it will help is that now everyone knows that no one is safe. "Mike was a big part of this teams future. They paid him a lot of money and he had a record-like playoff run once. It shows that no ones untouchable. I think it makes people dig a little deeper and find out how they have to play in order to stay." It actually is not a terrible trade, not only because at US$3.3 million per season (through 2014-15), Bourque eaarned $2. Lamarr Houston. .7 million less per annum than Cammalleri. According to capgeek.com, it leaves the Canadiens $8.2 million in cap space ahead of the Feb. 27 trade deadline. Bourque has been criticized for up-and-down performances, but he has 67 goals over the last three seasons compared to 54 for Cammalleri. Cammalleri, who signed a $30 million, five-year free agent deal with Montreal after the 2008-09 season in Calgary, has been a huge playoff performer, however. He had 13 goals in Montreals run to the conference final two seasons ago and had 10 points in seven games against Boston in the first round last spring. But what Gauthier wanted was size. Bourque is six-foot-two and can play a physical game, while Cammalleri is five-foot-nine. After management insisted size doesnt matter in recent seasons, the deal suggests the quick transition and puck moving game the Canadiens were known for, and which has ground to a halt this season, will now be dropped in favour of a forechecking game. "It doesnt hurt when were trying to address our forecheck and maybe intimidate teams more, play a little more like Boston does, to tell the truth," said Pacioretty. "So I think its going to help us out a lot having a bigger guy up front. "We do have a lot of small guys. Thats no secret. But any time you can add a big guy like that its beneficial." Bourque was due to arrive in Montreal late Friday. He will miss a game Saturday against Ottawa to finish off a five-game suspension for elbowing Washingtons Nicklas Backstrom in the jaw and will likely see his first action Sunday night against the New York Rangers. Trading a player during a game is highly unusual, and if something like that is done, its usually near the trade deadline by a team that has given up on the season and is discarding expensive veterans. But Gauthier, who has at times given the impression he has come unhinged, insisted the deal was in the works for weeks and had nothing to do with a controversy swirling around how some comments Cammalleri made about a "losing mentality" on the team were interpreted in the media. "With the comments made by Cammalleri and the whole media circus, it was a weird feeling, but this is a soul-searching time," added Pacioretty. "Well have to see what kind of character we have in the room now to overcome this and put together a couple of wins and get a streak going." Cammalleri explained what he said to reporters to his teammates. Cunneyworth, who was happy to gain an bigger forward in Bourque, said he wasnt put off by what Cammalleri may have said. "Everyone has a different way of expressing themselves," he said. "I dont have a problem. "Ill also add as the coach, it was a little bit overblown. Hopefully hes going to a place where hell play a better brand of hockey, in his mind. We dont wish any ill-will." Notes: Habs forward Scott Gomez may get clearance from team doctors to return from injury to face Ottawa. If not a player will be called up from AHL Hamilton. ... Carey Price will start in goal. ' ' '
