Report: Jimmy Howard is healing at an inhuman rate.

There was some very encouraging news for the Wings this morning as goaltender Jimmy Howard took to the ice on Monday for the first time since tearing his groin muscle earlier this month. Howard was stretchered off the ice during a game against the Washington Capitals on Jan. 10. Howard nearly tore his groin muscle off the bone, and it was feared he would miss significant time. However, it appears he is responding nicely to treatment and he is confident he should be able to return ahead of his 2-4 week timetable. "Yeah, at first because I was in so much pain," he told the team's official website. "But after a week I was able to go up and down the stairs and everything like that again, so it was kind of nice." Howard is having an outstanding season, posting a record of 16-7-7 with a .920 save percentage. He was due to make his second career All-Star Game appearance prior to the injury. "We’re just going to keep the process going of treating it and working out and try to up the skating a little more each day," Howard said. "We want to be cautious but at the same time we want to get back out there as quickly as possible."