Jan 18, 2007 11:37 AM EST

Martynas Andriuskevicius is scheduled to be re-examined on Thursday and he is ahead of schedule in his recovery and hopes to play again this season.

"The headaches have gone away and my speech is better," reported Andriuskevicius, who expects to resume practice later this month. "I hope to play very soon, but my goal is to be 100 percent before next season."

Via Daily Southtown