(Las Vegas) The Vegas Golden Knights put the rumors to rest and announced that goaltender Robin Lehner’s season is well and truly over on Monday.
Posted at 6:07 p.m.
Lehner will have to go under the knife in order to repair a recurring shoulder injury.
As a result, the Golden Knights recalled goaltender Jiri Patera from their Henderson academy.
“Robin has done his best to deal with this injury suffered on February 9, and we hoped that rest and rehabilitation would allow him to complete the regular schedule,” explained the Nevada club in a press release.
“He completed his rehabilitation and returned to play on the 1er March. At that time, rest and rehabilitation were effective, but in the end, Robin, in agreement with the medical team, chose to have surgery,” the Golden Knights continued.
Lehner, 30, was 23-17-2 with one shutout in 44 starts this season while maintaining a 2.83 goals-against average and 90 save percentage. 7%. The Swedish goaltender only played 20 minutes in his last start, April 20, against the Washington Capitals.
For his part, Patera, who is 23 years old, has still not played in a career meeting on the Bettman circuit.