It appears as thought the San Jose Sharks will be without the services of leading rookie scorer Tomas Hertl for approximately one month after a knee-on-knee hit from Dustin Brown on Thursday.

Well-connected Czech journalist @jedli reporting "good source" says Tomas Hertl should be out about one month with knee injury. — David Pollak (@PollakOnSharks) December 20, 2013

Shortly thereafter, it was confirmed that the source is Hertl's own father, who received a message from his son after the game. TSN's Bob McKenzie also said the injury could keep Hertl out of the lineup for even longer.

There has been no announcement from the NHL as to whether a discipline hearing for Brown will be scheduled.